How quickly the holidays pass! It is January 2, 2014. Everything seems post-holiday!
I went to the grocery store early this morning, and the parking lot was almost empty. I have not seen the lot that empty since before Thanksgiving!
I have taken down the last of my own Christmas decorations. I started the process after Christmas and removed a little at a time. I had three small trees. Two require no decoration at all. One requires a little bit of decoration so this was not a big task, but even so, with the two centerpieces, tree "skirts," etc., it required a number of trips to the basement. My big supply of cards has also been stored although cards continue to dribble in. I have a few cards around to respond to unexpected cards.
I love the holiday period from Thanksgiving to New Year, and enjoy preparing
everything. I savor every moment of the holidays. I love the shopping, the church services, the music, the special romantic TV movies, everything!
At the same time, I am surprised at how quickly the holiday ambience disappears. Perhaps it was more pronounced this year since Christmas and New Year fell in mid week. Today it is just another work day although I am certain most of the conversation in workplaces will be about Christmas and New Year adventures.
Then Pfft! It seems everything is back to pre-holiday. Today it could be November 15 or February 15, since there is little trace of the holidays left. The extreme cold reminds us it is January or February. We are in a deep freeze.
I wrote my New Year's resolutions on the 31st. Let's hope I keep them. I learned this week that Janus (the god for whom January was named) means two faced - backward and forward. Today we look at the old year and ahead to the new year.
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