December 30, 2005
It’s Over
Written by Shana in Jaunty PostOkay, the stockings have been pilfered, the tree’s in a heap out by the trash, and all the pretty Christmas paper is in shreds on your living room floor. Christmas is over. It’s a little sad, isn’t it? All the build up, and then it’s over.
I don’t know about you, but I look forward to that special time of year with my family and friends all year. Christmas seems like such a romantic time of year. There are all the romantic holiday songs, the images of roaring fires and glistening snow, the stores stocked with extra hot chocolate and holiday cookies.
Okay, so I live in Houston, and it was in the 70s on Christmas. I can still enjoy all the holiday traditions. And I can still miss them.
So yesterday, after Ultimate Sportsfan and I pulled out of my parents’ driveway and started on the road for home, I got a little teary eyed. This is not Ultimate Sportsfan’s favorite thing. He wants to know why I’m crying and — more importantly, what can be done to make me stop.
But how do you explain that you’re crying because Christmas is over? How do you explain that you’re crying because you’re going to miss all the friends and family and love and specialness that the holidays bring? How do you cry because the romance of Christmas has now passed and you have to go back to your unromantic real life?
Logically, I know I’m going to see my family again (probably sooner than I want to). Logically I know that my friends and family are there for me all year round. And logically I know there will still be romance in my life (unless I’m forced to watch that 10-hour history of college football boxset my mom got Ultimate Sportsfan — thanks, Mom!)
But it’s not the same. There’s something special about Christmas…isn’t there? Is anyone else out there a little sad to see it go? Did anyone else wipe a tear away and sigh for next year?
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Haven Rich Says:
For me it wasn’t a question of what wasn’t there…cause I know the answer. I’m just not sure how to fix it..other than order new in-laws for next year.
Am I the only person that has in-laws with the hearts made of cold stone?
Nothing was put up for the holidays until I got my stuff out of storage and put it up. Only to hear them whine (cause of the bells on the door hehe). My husband and I bought them gifts, forgetting ourselves so they could get something. Yes I know its suppose to be “not what you get but what you give” but ya know the tree looked a bit bare under it.
So next year I’m hoping to find the Christmas Spirit at the local wal-mart and order tons for them hehe.
Now my anny. (which was yesterday) was awesome. The husband and I went out for a very lovely dinner followed with some fun shopping (we never can pass up looking at cd’s, which now we have a few new ones).
Happy New Year everyone.
Shana Says:
Well, I’m glad your anniversary was good, Haven. Sorry about the scrooge in-laws.
Hey, I’m looking forward to guest blogging on your site starting January 8!
Isabel Says:
Shana ~ LOL about the US’s 10hr gift
I feel a little sad too. I know what you mean about the “build up” and then it’s over so quickly. I always end up with a feeling that I should have done more for others during the holidays. As for another romantic time of the year? Let’s not forget Valentine’s Day *sigh*. One more thing, I’m so exciting you’ll be blogging with us soon! I can’t wait!
Haven ~ I’m glad you had a wonderful anny. I’m sorry to hear about your in-laws.
~Isabel
Haven Rich Says:
Hey no worries. You can pick your husband but not his parents haha. I enjoy ranting on them, mostly because I find them so funny (could be because I’m a cup half full kind of gal haha).
Shana, trust me, I’m soo excited about your guestblogging. It’s always so much fun to see what someone who has “just been there” has to say, as I’m sure its still all fresh in your mind.
I’m just wondering does the coffee table have heel scratches from you doing the happy dance and singing “I did it…I did it…oo..oo I did it”. Um sorry thats what my coffee table is going to look like.
Happy New Years!
John Hathorn Says:
Yes, Christmas during the diaper days for my four kids was “What am I going to get?” but that was 25 years ago.
Now,with my four still unmarried, Christmas is a total blast. The imaginations that go into selecting just the right gifts for each other shows that our famiy is and will always be extremely close. I wish everyone who experiences ho-hum Christmases could spend it at our house. As the magic of Christmas remembered by the little ones fade, the true spirit grows - star and all.