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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| I'm old enough to recall when the band director said his concert always kicked off the local Christmas season. That was generally around Dec.6. He didn't count Santa showing up the day after Thanksgiving at the only shopping center just at the city limits.That big to-do was sort of new about the time he said that, and his band was a part of that, too. The concert always ended with White Christmas, not counting encores, with snow falling from the ceiling. School boys climbed into the catwalk and cast flaked Styrofoam onto the stage. Snow piled up on music stands, the shoulders of the director and players, and cascaded into the audience. It was grand fun. It was cool. It was hard work for somebody. It represented a lot of planning and coordination. It wasn't a big money maker, but it packed a full house. Now the Christmas Season begins right after Halloween. My city had the downtown lights up and turned on the first of November.The Hallmark Channel is running Christmas movies to celebrate their ornament sales. The cable channels that are usually empty are broadcasting Christmas music. I'm planning ahead personally, just to avoid the stress and last minute shopping and other errands. But no decorations are going up, no cards being sent out, until it's timely. That will also have me ready for the charities in which I participate. I just can't work on so little sleep any more. But Nano will be over by then, and I plan to make it a ritual to have some quiet time each day and reflect on the season, to do something celebratory each week after Thanksgiving, even if it's just small. I'm not going to let it be Christmas before it's supposed to be Christmas. |
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