A seasonal bit of musing
I’ve read a number of blogs (including my own) that have essentially been whining about what a wretched Christmas this one appears to be. And how appalling Christmas has become. And I can’t disagree.
But …
Like everything else, some Christmas seasons are grand, and some – not so much. Well, if this one sucks, perhaps the next one won’t. Actually, I take some hope in the number of people who find Christmas a depressingingly vulgar farce with all the spirituality of a car dealership commercial. Maybe Christmas, as it’s currently constituted, will go south and change. Stranger things have happened.
Whatever … I have a prediction about this one. Somewhere closer to the actual day, perhaps following an unexpected snowfall, or at least somewhere beyond this disruptive full moon period, views will change.
The so-called “spirit” of the season will eventually infect those who have yet to feel it, and the grumpiness will dissipate.
There will be a moment, short-lived though it may be, where we’ll think, “That wasn’t so bad. Actually, it was kind of nice.”
It’s happened before. At least to me. And unexpectedly.
But …
Like everything else, some Christmas seasons are grand, and some – not so much. Well, if this one sucks, perhaps the next one won’t. Actually, I take some hope in the number of people who find Christmas a depressingingly vulgar farce with all the spirituality of a car dealership commercial. Maybe Christmas, as it’s currently constituted, will go south and change. Stranger things have happened.
Whatever … I have a prediction about this one. Somewhere closer to the actual day, perhaps following an unexpected snowfall, or at least somewhere beyond this disruptive full moon period, views will change.
The so-called “spirit” of the season will eventually infect those who have yet to feel it, and the grumpiness will dissipate.
There will be a moment, short-lived though it may be, where we’ll think, “That wasn’t so bad. Actually, it was kind of nice.”
It’s happened before. At least to me. And unexpectedly.
posted by Bill at
3:37 AM
2 Comments:
i like this idea.
let's bet on it.
By
Sizzle, at 8:04 PM
I sucked up my disgust at the season and put up a tree last night. Who knew that it would have lifted my spirits? Yet, it did. Now I can't wait to put music on, wrap some presents and bake. I don't know who I've become.
By
Lushy, at 12:56 PM
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