This year because Thanksgiving was so very late in November, people didnt have as much time to put up and keep up their lights as they usually do. I know its only a week's difference...but it made a difference. Before we knew it it was Christmas already and now the music has stopped and the lights are coming down...and the thing I hate to see the most...
Christmas trees discarded and left at the curb for the garbage man.
I dont know why that bothers me so much. Its almost like getting rid of a family member. I remember as a child in Illinois, going out behind the garage where my dad discarded our tree, and sitting it upright against the wall. There were little bits of tinsel still on it. I would decorate it with snowballs and discarded ribbon back there because I felt sorry for it. Even as a JW I hated seeing those trees out there on the cold curb.
So I was going to work on Sunday, in my car, and found a station that was still playing Christmas songs..and it made me so happy for 20 minutes. Goofy huh? I couldnt let it go. And on the way home that station had changed to regular programming. Each night on the way home from work, there are less and less pretty lights on in the neighborhoods. Last Monday night before Christmas, I took my kids and their BFFs to Hoffmans Chocolate Factory and we got McDonalds and we rode around the neighborhoods looking at all the glorious lights! Im still a big kid I guess.
Today I have off and will be beginning the re-packing process myself. The house will be so boring and bland without the pretty tree in the corner of the living room and candles and smells of baking in the air.
Do you guys feel like this after Christmas?