So after Scrooge-ing for as long as I could last year, and milking (or nogging, if I may) my "woe-is-me" attitude for all it was worth, which wasn't very much, I've decided to like Christmas this year. It actually took a lot of effort to make sure people knew I chose to Bah Humbug instead of enjoy my young adult Christmas. I'm over that.
I realized my need for a change on Thanksgiving, when a simple song ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas") made me lose all composure...three times. So since I was starting the season being sensitive, I figured I might as well let it in, and let it out.
However, I do feel like I need to search for my own "meaning of Christmas" that may or may not have anything to do with cinnamon brooms, Hallmark original movies, mistletoe, snoap, buying shoes for sick mothers, salvation army bell ringers, or the origins of the word "yule".
To get the ball rolling, I've come up with a To-Do list, pulling reference from all good Christmas stories:
1.) Fall in love
2.) Cut down my own Christmas tree
3.) Rescue an animal that's stubbornly found its way to my back door, and thus, into my heart
4.) Win the lottery and give all, well....some of the money to a sick kid.
5.) Find my way to the North Pole
6.) Reunite with a long lost brother or sister, who's biracial or handicapped
7.) Get stranded in a snowy mountain cabin (and then do #1)
8.) Immaculately conceive
9.) Save Whoville
10.) Cover the entirety of my house in christmas lights
I'll be very busy this year...
OR I'll just be open to what Christmas has in store for me. I'll keep it posted...
1 comment:
Sounds like quite the list! I'm certain you'll accomplish at least one or two things from it. That whole "winning the lottery" thing would probably be the best.
Merry Christmas!
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