Huh. It’s Christmas.
Don’t feel like it though. It’s weird. No fluffy, cotton ball snow; no jolly jubilee; no sense of magic in the atmosphere. It’s just “huh”.
No one’s really excited about it either. And it makes me sad. Christmas shouldn’t feel like this. Christmas shouldn’t be a chore, a thing on one’s yearly to do list. Maybe there’s no snow where you’re from, but there should at least be a jolliness, a sense of magic…a something that makes Christmas a true holiday.
I remember, starting at the beginning of December, we’d watch old Christmas movies on ABC Family. Those funny looking puppet like characters. Thinking about them now still makes me smile.
And Santa. Oh, Santa. He was the reason for good little children, at least he was my reason. And it was okay when Santa had financial issues and couldn’t give me exactly what I wanted because I at least got something under the tree. He at least cared to give me something. At least he cared. Where did he go?
And what about now?
Who cares now? Doesn’t anybody care? I wonder.
Whatever happened to being good for goodness sake? Santa used to make a list, you know, of who’s been naughty or nice. And he checked it twice, as to make sure to eliminate careless errors that one may come across when dealing with all the children of the world. But now that he’s left the North Pole and our hearts, there is no one to check that list at all. Nobody cares about the toys and the coal anymore.
And what happened to the season of giving? Nowadays, it seems as though it’s about how much you can get away with instead about how much you can give away. Sure, we still gift-give. And with the economy as it is, it’s completely understandable that you might not be able to give away the most expensive gift in the world. But what about that gift-giving with a real smile? That laughter that loved ones exchange as they exchange boxes amongst one another? That love that lights up all the family rooms in the world? Where did it go?
The Christmas magic of today doesn’t seem real to me. And that makes me wonder if it has ever been real.
No, it was real back then. There was once a time when a Christmas was like a Disney greeting card. At one point in time, you were able to look out the window with wondrous eyes and say with a smile, “It’s Christmas.” And we must never forget that.
Now, to me, it seems that everything has become a lot less…magical. And it makes me sad.
Perhaps, we can bring that magic back. Maybe, just maybe, we can bring that sense of Christmas season back again. We just have to start at the home. We just have to give a gift, a laugh, a smile, a little bit of love; and the magic grows from there.
Merry Christmas to you, wherever you are and whoever you may be. I hope this Christmas is not one to forget.
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