tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10641091.post4258612060660349880..comments2024-03-05T08:16:03.593-05:00Comments on Thoughts and Questions from Aramis Thorn: Where Are You Christmas ~ Little TownAramis Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04690848973174181681noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10641091.post-44377885329679631432018-12-24T08:14:32.989-05:002018-12-24T08:14:32.989-05:00Our Christmasses are small and seem "traditio...Our Christmasses are small and seem "traditionless" compared to the holidays of my youth. My son is deployed this year, but even when he is home we barely see him because he stays with his girlfriend and participates in traditions with her family and friends and then spends part of Christmas with his mom and that family. It makes me sad for our daughter because she has no cousins and few relatives. I have not enjoyed Christmas Eve services at our church for at least a decade. I feel like they somehow miss Christmas too-- mainly I think I don't like the music because it isn't like my warm childhood memories. It doesn't make a spiritual connection for me. Talking yesterday with my daughter i realized that we will understand our "traditions" when Abi goes off to college and returns home for the holidays- there are things she will want us to save to do with her because they "make" Christmas. All that said to say, this year, despite fatigue and battling the common cold, I am embracing each moment and savoring it because that is what will "be" Christmas in my daughter's memory.Oninemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968266004719313981noreply@blogger.com