Christmas 2020


 Well you can almost here the collective sigh of relief as Christmas came, did its thing, and has now left us .. for many... alone.  And that is okay.  

I read somewhere that 'Christmas' is a full time, temporary, job but one we love.  Putting up the lights in preparation for for shortest day of the year.  Putting up a tree to bring the light inside the house.. decorating it to bring even more sparkle to the long nights.  I have two televisions now.. and regret nothing.  I watched a White Christmas yesterday.. The Grinch the week before.  I could have music going upstairs while Gabe was able to binge on some Netflix (or Prime) series downstairs, where it was cooler. 

It was a good Christmas for me. 

Since leaving Jaffray I have spent a lot of Christmases on my own, so this year was rather special.  Not the case for many though.  But it seems people figured out how to have a good time and still obey the rules of the day. 

This pandemic has helped people be a bit more creative.  Instead of meeting my neighbours and getting settled into my life in any sort of 'normal' way,  I hired a couple to shovel the snow piling up in the driveway.  I painted a few Christmas cards- mailed a few out using Canada Post, and selling a few more. I shopped for Christmas gifts, a tree and a few Christmas decorations locally.  Haven't done that for a lot of years.  I bought a couple of poinsettias.  

For exercise, I walked to the mail, went shopping, walked along the beach and shoveled snow.  And shoveled snow.  And shoveled snow.  

It was a good Christmas.  I like being in Canada during a pandemic just fine.  Thank you Gabe and Val for being here.  And Merry Christmas to friends and family-thanks for staying connected even if we had to do it from a distance.  Everyone just feels closer this year, possibly because of the pandemic.. we certainly have a lot more in common.  

And now.. lets all wish one another a very Happy New Year.. we can make it happen!


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kimley said…
Had to laugh about your televisions. You have a long history with them in Oz. Happy NewYear xx
December 30, 2020 at 2:33 AM
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