It seems that the older I get, the less enthralled I am with the lights, the gifts, and the fuss. Even our little Mexican town of Bacalar has a Santa parade and school Christmas shows. We’re having some folks over for a potluck so I guess any excuse to gather with friends and family is worth it. However you spend your time, I hope it includes what gives you pleasure. Happy Holidays.
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I’m in the process of giving away all my ornaments collected over about 50 years. Will never put up a big tree again. Breaking my heart and it was a lot of money spent. But, at the end of the day, it’s just stuff. Better on someone else’s tree than in a box in the closet.
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Nice to lighten the load isn’t it. It’s time for me to declutter too.
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We’re having a quiet one as usual. Love the pics, BTW!
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Quiet is my choice as well.
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Wishing the best to you and Lisa for the holidays and beyond. Most of the usual Christmas activities are for children, but I resonate with the spirit of renewal. For only the few days immediately around Christmas I light candles in the evenings and early mornings and smile at the pleasant memories associated with the small selection of holiday decorations that I scatter around my one-room apartment — tree ornaments in a cut glass bowl, Rocky the Hard Rock Cafe stuffed bear in a Santa cap with his buddy Ski Mouse (a small wooden mouse wearing a red top hat and, guess what?, on skis) a quartet of angels playing musical instruments figurines that date from the early 1950s when my family lived in Germany in an air base apartment building… I am not suggesting that you Bacalarans are sad in your tropical home, but you may enjoy this E.B. White story: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/26/archives/what-do-our-hearts-treasure.html I love the story. One year when my husband and I hosted some of our family for the holidays I read it aloud as we sat around the Christmas Eve dinner table. Feliz Navidad! Marcia
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I gave the personal decorations that were my mother’s and the nativity to my children. I sometimes I wish I held onto them.
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I spent Christmas housesitting 100 miles from home in a home I’ve never stayed in before with a dog I’ve never stayed with before. A friend dropped by for a few hours. Other than that, I did some writing and played some games and did a lot of reading. That’s Christmas to me these days, I guess.
Had I’d been home, I’m sure I’d have gone to some sort of a dinner with friends, but that’s really all I do. No cards, no decorations.
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Sounds peaceful.
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