What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?
Christmas is obviously the right answer.
It’s not just the best holiday—it’s the most needed one, I reckon. Christian or not, what really happens is the days start getting longer right after. It’s a turning point. A signal that warmer, brighter days are coming.
I picture Christmas as people making do with what they have. Celebrating when there might not seem like any reason to. Celebrating just to celebrate. Hope. A final push to get through winter. Every day in summer is great—but this is something different.
The decorations, the music, the family, the lights, the movies, the unwrapping of presents—I miss a good Christmas. I wish I had done better and had more to share. I miss the big ones. Dressing up. Stockings. Grandma and Grandpa.
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