For many, many years I celebrated Christmas as most people do. It was the preparation, the buying of all the gifts, the wrapping, the rhyming, the tree, all the food, the family, the traditions, and the Christmas music playing.
It was nice.
But life goes on, and when family members fall off traditions change. Not by choice, but by necessity. Not necessarily a bad thing. Change is mostly good if you ask me. Not that I think that it's better without my family members, far from, but adaptation is crucial in these cases.
Yesterday for example, when I'm sure most people were watching 'Love actually' or similar, I was watching 'Surviving the Andes'.
Not saying it's what everybody needs to do, but for me, it is a time of reflection. Life is what it is, and for some people more difficult than for others.
For me it was easy, I was born in a Western country with loving parents.
But to see people who actually ate their friends in order to survive gives me inspiration, 'cause I think I could've never done it. But then again, who knows? I've never been in the situation.
So instead of bathing in expensive gifts, I choose to reflect over how others have or had it.
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I enjoyed this post :-). I hope your Christmas was still enjoyable Annika....and that despite the change and not having the Christmas you thought you were going to have with your family members, that you still had a nice time with others and your little kitties :-)
xxxx
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this Christmas a lot. Nice and relaxed, that's what I wanted and that's what I got.
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