OK, so thanks to my own need to overextend, I can’t blame my holiday fatigue on anything else. We added quite a load to our holiday season this year!
We had planned to spend Christmas Day with good friends. But they are in Albuquerque, and when it comes right down to it, Mark and I are out of gas. The vehicles have enough to get us there and back, but our personal tanks don’t. We are craving a day of doing nothing at all. I hope the dogs know how to cook.
I talked to my sister yesterday morning. You know her – the queen of calm? Well, it was 7:30am and she was out frantically looking for gift tags which were all sold out everywhere she went. Her voice was tight and I just know her hair was curling.
What have we done to Christmas? How did it get to be about stress and hurry and speed and worry?
The whole idea was about love and family. Remember?
When Mark and I first moved to Santa Fe, we were without the huge family Christmas gathering for the first time. We thought it would be good to do what the Santa Feans do and go for a walk on Canyon Road on Christmas Eve. There were little bonfires everywhere and Groups of people caroling around them. All of the Canyon Road neighborhoods were lit only by the candlelight of farolitos. Tones were hushed, cider pots were steaming, and we felt that we had gone back in time a hundred years or so.
I think we all need to go back in time – back to when we had some time – to think. To think about the people we love and to cherish the moments we have to spend with them. To laugh, to sing – to be jolly for goodness sake.
I have an idea how we can forget about Black Friday and Super Saturday, sales at four in the morning, etc., and I will share it right after Christmas – because I know you are all too busy to read, or think right now.
Meanwhile, I wish you all the joy and love you can handle. Ho Ho Ho
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Merry Christmas! We, too, are enjoying a quiet, do-nothing Christmas Eve. Just wondering if you ever found a home for that darling husky? I noticed his photogenic “smile” again as I scrolled down to the bottom of today’s blog. What a sweetie! …and your three too.
I have not found a home for Gentry yet, but I’m not giving up!
jessica
I couldn’t agree more! Our family is spread out so we have a family “feast” sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. (usually the second weekend in Dec) Once that’s over, I feel I’ve put in all I can for the holidays. After the kids and grandkids gifts are wrapped and ready..we usually spend a QUIET day of doing nothing on Christmas day. Spending time drinking my coffee, reading, doing art is the very best gift anyone could give me. My daughter, grandson and 2 grand dogs (more mini Dachshunds) will be here visiting next week…so I have a few days to prepare.
Happy rest day!
Merry Christmas Jessica!!
Thank you for this wonderful site!!It truly rocks!!
Hope you enjoyed your Christmas. I was in California making last minute candy and finishing the knitting of slipper socks but not overly stressed about any of that. We had spaghetti as usual for Christmas dinner that my daughter made the day before (her dad’s recipe) – it’s red, a nice holiday color and everyone loves it so it’s perfect for the end of a busy day.
Hope you find a home for that poor dog soon.