Christmas wishes to one and all! I,
yet again, wax philosophically, and want to share these thoughts with
you. I hope they will help you to embrace and cherish the magic of
today. My thoughts spring from the widely acknowledged
understanding that Christmas is tailored for children. But, my
friends, the spirit of Christmas can dwell in us at any age and in
any circumstance if we are in tune with the magic. I am always
humbled at the closing soliloquy Bill Murray delivers at the end of
Scrooged, challenging us never to forget to go out there and
make it a special season.
I think a lot of us old-folk do
Christmas dinner out, go on cruises, or similarly morph the holiday.
I refuse to go there. There have been Thanksgivings and Christmases
where Karen and I were on our own, but we have always (she has
always) prepared a proper feast and we have celebrated with the most
important family member we have - each other. Mind you, the more the
merrier, but just two is enough. How an individual handles the
challenges of change versus tradition is deeply personal, so there is
no right or wrong. Remember, it's about making yourself
happy!
I guess, as an iconoclast, I have
always refused to give-in to what has to be or is supposed to be
done. I am perhaps the solitary avid hater of Norman Rockwell. His
holiday images have poisoned the minds of untold millions. In his
Saint Crispin's day speech, King Harry shouts, "And gentlemen in
England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not
here, And hold their manhoods cheap..." Similarly, The
Rockwellian images of "the way the holiday is celebrated
correctly" has cause far too many to hold their
Christmas-experience cheap. That son-of-a-thousand-fathers!
We all must make our own happiness, our
own commitment to know we were not cheated-out of a proper holiday.
Christmas is about love, hope, and charity. Christmas is about
acknowledging the miracle of God's grace and slowing down a moment to
sense the wonder that is our lives. Keep the spirit of Christmas
alive in whatever manner fits you best and it will always be
alive.
Oh, and in the coming year, don't any
of you be strangers. Merry Christmas to my Blog Family!
PS: Time Diving progresses and it's brilliant!
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