Last year at this time I promised myself I wanted to have a different Christmas then years past. I would buy the Christmas dinner and get better gifts. I would do my best to make 2015 the year of Greathouse.
After the right dominos falling, I found myself back at retail.(which is something I promised myself I wouldn’t get back into.) One top of that, I wouldn’t get time off to go home. I don’t have any family where I live and dreaded this thought. Christmas is the last big holiday in our family. Thanksgiving and others kind have gone by the way side but not Christmas. I never understood as a kid how people could be depressed this time of year. Now it was clear as a bell. It was shaping up I might skip this beloved holiday all together.
Well, two weeks before Christmas, I got a new job. One closer to me, better hours and pay. Life was moving up but still felt that holiday blues. Nothing seemed to shake off this cloud hanging over me. The night before Christmas Eve I decided to watch a Charlie Brown Christmas. Listening to Charlie Brown trying to find Christmas hit home. Then Linus speech at the end was that nail in depress coffin.
It hasn’t been ideal but I’ve learned that the holiday season starts within. It is a light that we bring for each other. There is something simple and magical about this time of year. We might not get the ideal snowy Christmas but it can still be an amazing day none the less. It’s also been fun cooking all the traditional meals. Also taking care of my sick Kitty been a joy. Glad she’s not alone or boarded.
I want to leave you with a quote from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Welcome, Christmas, bring your cheer. Cheer to all Whos far and near. Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp. Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand.
Happy Holidays from us to you. Best wishes to you and yours.
-Greathouse
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