'Tis the season as they say and we are kicking it off like we do every year...with birthdays! Mary just celebrated hers on November 16th and mine will follow four days later. I think she planned it that way so if I forgot her birthday mine would be one I would NOT want to remember(HAHA). Presents are not something we concern ourselves with. We are at that stage in our lives that we get what we want when we want and just enjoy the fact that we have reached another milestone. We will go out for a nice dinner during the week to celebrate both birthdays and get on with life. Oh, and Mary did get her birthday cake. I learned that lesson a long time ago!
Once the birthdays are done we have the rest of the holiday season to look forward to. I enjoy the holidays as much as anyone but lets keep each holiday in it's place. Does anyone else find the holidays creeping up earlier and earlier every year? It was always Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November, and Christmas in December. Now we are seeing advertisements and merchandise up to two months before each holiday. Pretty soon Black Friday will start right after the 4th of July!!!
My Halloween candy is almost gone and we are planning Thanksgiving dinner. There is a community pot luck dinner in the hall but dinner is served at noon, too early for us. We don't even get out of bed much before 10am and usually stay in our PJs most if not all day. We record the NY Thanksgiving Day Parade and watch it at our leisure as we prepare dinner. Then we eat, watch movies, call friends and family, and reflect on all that we are thankful for.
We especially make a point at looking at Black Friday sales and laugh at all the insanity that we will not participate in on the kick off for "Materialistic Christmas". Again we plan for a relaxing day of food, friends, family, and most of all each other. We hope that your holidays are everything you hope they will be and find you well through and into the New Year.
I will sign off now while I internet shop for all the things I will not buy from our home here in the Rio Grande Valley because.....
Home is where we park it,
Frank and Mary
Was in Wally World a week ago, Christmas tree already at front entry and Christmas music playing. Uh, no, just too early
ReplyDeleteWell, enjoy the merriment of the Holidays for what they really are, each in our own way.
ReplyDeleteI agree, most folks have forgotten the true meaning and end up spending way too much........and not meditating on the real meaning.
Merry "Christ"mas and Happy New Year to you both!!!
John and Mia