All the hoopla, craziness and shopping excursions. All the excitement, anticipation and preparation. It's all over. The stockings that were hung by the chimney with care, have been opened. Breaskfast has been eaten and all the beautifully wrapped presents have been torn into and opened. And with that, it's over. Christmas just doesn't have the magic that it did when I was a kid. Our Christmas lasted all day! Here, with my own kids, it's over so quickly. Growing up, we'd be opening presents for hours, then we'd head to my grandma's house that night or the next day. The snow on the ground brought a magin to Christmas morning. Here, there's no snow, no grandparents, no opening presents all day. It's done....and I'm sort of sad.
The kids argued and complained and faught this morning. Who fights and argues on Christmas morning????? Fortunately, now they are all playing with their new toys. Jacob is climbing on the kitchen table taking a bite out of every single gingerbread man. Tim is laying sprawled across the livingroom floor. And I'm reminiscing about days gone by, before I start preparing dinner. I just can't believe it's over so quickly. I had so many ideas. So many things I wanted to do to make this year special. Non of them happened. There is nothing special about this Christmas that the kids will remember and carry with them.
Christmas is done :(
3 comments:
I'm sure there is a lot that your kids will remember about this year. Like...there was no snow. Just kidding. You guys always make everything so memorable.
Very rarely do you remember every single Christmas. If you think back, you remember the overall traditions of Christmas, but not every single one. We didn't go to Grandma's every year I'm sure and there certainly wasn't snow every year. You remember the good not bad and they will too. Look at the big picture and what you want them to remember and shoot to do that overall. They will always remember the good stuff.
You should come to our house. It's well into Feb and apparently we're still celebrating Christmas. The tree is still up and decorated. A single stocking is still hung on the mantle (with care might I add). There are still presents piled in the corner and even a few unopened ones sitting on the floor. Yup, Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year and THIS year we won't be caught off guard!
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