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by John » Thu Oct 01, 2020 04:35 pm
I never was much for decorating outside. Even when I was a kid, we might hang something on the door and that was it. If you live in an area where no one can see your house, there doesn't seem to be much point in it unless you just enjoy it. Inside of course, was different. I don't remember having much aside from the tree, but the tree was always a big deal. To some people, that stuff becomes less important over time. To people like me, I think it gets more important, perhaps trying to maintain a connection to the past, if not somehow trying to relive it.
Christmas was always huge when I was a kid. I only realized later how important it was to Mom. I got to tell her a year or so before she died, that I knew how hard she worked to make it special, and that it unquestionably worked. That's just one more thing I've tried to pass down from Mom to the next generation. Huge Christmases and trips to Florida.
This stupid virus business must make it especially hard for you to get anything done, with travel restrictions, visiting restrictions, and I imagine the housing market is in the toilet right now, and I know you have a ton of work to do. John