A seasonal bit of musing
December 15th, 2005 by Bill
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.
i like this idea.
let’s bet on it.
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.