I spotted the first Christmas 'tat' in the supermarket earlier this week!
September isn't done already and there it was,
pushing it's way through, elbowing Halloween & Guy Fawkes Night and trampling over the Rememberance Day poppies.
OK not literally but that's how it feels.
We have lovely festivals to share and celebrate; I feel a bit sad when large retailers seem to pressure us into one-up-man-ship that Christmas is the be all and end all.
What's that? Did you ask am I anti Christmas? Well heck no!!
I just want to enjoy the year at my pace and enjoy ALL the festivals;
I'd like to give thanks to Mother Nature for the harvest and offer enough to the Harvest Festival to give a meal,
Spend time with my family remembering love ones past on Day of the Dead, sharing food, light, laughter and love,
Enjoy a freezing BBQ with sparklers flashing and fireworks popping, reminding the children of the story of Guy Fawkes,
Remembering those who gave their lives so willingly fighting for our freedom, we'll wear our poppies with HUGE pride and gratitude
Battening down the hatches, decorating our home with love,
decorating our tree, sharing a meal, sharing love and laughter and yes sharing presents
Snuggling in till New Years Day and our trip to the seaside to blow out the old year and start 2013.
Sometimes I need to remind myself to step off the carousel, stop and inhale all that I have already and simply enjoy.
Close my eyes to the outside world.
i know the feeling. it is like all the festivals at the end of the year are becoming one. i LOVE Christmas.... and i do start the prezzie shopping early.. but that does mean we need all the decorations and selection boxes out!!
ReplyDeleteJust have to remind yourself what's important to you and not be brainwashed by superstore marketing tactics who work tirelessly to put marketing spin on traditions to suck your purse dry.. Easier said than done but rewarding to understand what it really is to celebrate the "occasion" and not it's hype.. Your loving sis jw xxx
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