Random observations
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kitanziReturn of the King was immensely long, but good enough to carry it. I like this "Let's go see a movie on Christmas Day" tradition we seem to have evolved.
On the other hand, it's funny - I don't miss my family particularly until I run into someone else's family being family in ways I don't recall my family particularly ever being, and then I get melancholy and ridiculous. ACat's theory is I miss THEIR family instead - he could be right. *G*
Next year we are going to actually get off our butts and take the trouble and time we never got around to this year, and do something to mark the season as something more than "The Cold Time When We Get Days Off Work". Not that days off work aren't nice, but... I think the unexpected family-missing thing triggered that too.
Anyhow, all in all, it was a very good Christmas, spent with friends and my sweetheart, and we're making our own traditions and our own family. May everyone else be as happy with their holidays.
On the other hand, it's funny - I don't miss my family particularly until I run into someone else's family being family in ways I don't recall my family particularly ever being, and then I get melancholy and ridiculous. ACat's theory is I miss THEIR family instead - he could be right. *G*
Next year we are going to actually get off our butts and take the trouble and time we never got around to this year, and do something to mark the season as something more than "The Cold Time When We Get Days Off Work". Not that days off work aren't nice, but... I think the unexpected family-missing thing triggered that too.
Anyhow, all in all, it was a very good Christmas, spent with friends and my sweetheart, and we're making our own traditions and our own family. May everyone else be as happy with their holidays.
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Date: 2003-12-26 11:54 am (UTC)We put up a tree together - the first couple of years, we just used juniper seedlings that had rooted in the front yard.
We bought ornaments for each other every year - that's slacked off as we've run out of tree space. We're considering buying a seven foot tree for next Christmas, so we can display what we have and resume the collection.
We went out for breakfast - We found hotels that had open restaurants, though nothing else was usually open, and had eggs benedict or some other "special" breakfast that we wouldn't usually take the trouble to fix at home.
We have also used the day for getting in touch with friends and family and exchanging presents between the two of us. We have also read aloud stories that held meaning for us. In my case, it is the birth stories in the gospels of Luke and Matthew, but it could be any stories or writings that carry meaning.
Glad you both had a good Christmas. Love to you both.