Anyhow, I started thinking how simple Christmas was as a kid. With childlike wonder, all you did want for Christmas was your two front teeth. And heck, you might even be happy with box it came in. Your Christmas list was simple, child like, and sure you weren't going to get coal in your stocking.
Then as you hit your teens your Christmas list changed a little to the latest trend. And yet at the same time you were stuck between being an adult and still wanting to hold on to that childlike Christmas feeling. That maybe, just maybe, there is a Santa Clause. You list was full of teenage things, lip gloss, most popular albums, maybe makeup, etc.
Then in your twenties, the frenzy of Christmas kinda begins. You're old enough now to buy gifts for everyone, and you're worried about finances and how you're ever going to manage. Christmas becomes a beast that you aren't ready to wrestle. Yet, you manage somehow. You become a bit more jaded about Christmas and start to wonder what it's all about.
In your thirties you're a bit more relaxed. You still have that frenzied feeling, but you're more financially stable and thus aren't as worried about managing. You might even have Christmas dinner at your place. Gasp! You're fully aware at this point that Christmas is about capitalism and the shopping and that makes you just a bit more bah humbug-ish.
Then, miraculously, in your forties, you find what Christmas is all about. It's about family and friends. It's about giving back to the world. It's about spending time with people you love. It's about drinking and eating with such merriment that you can't imagine you ever had a bad feeling about this holiday. And ultimately you realize all you want is for your friends and family to be happy and healthy this holiday season.
So from my house to yours, in my forties, I wish you all a very merry Christmas. May this be a season full of happiness, laughter and much love.
XOXO
Jenn
PS
I didn't get coal this year. I had reason to be concerned too.
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