It’s Saturday again and time for Linda’s Stream of Consciousness post, this week with the prompt of ‘tree’. All of a sudden (or so it feels) it’s two weeks today until Christmas and my Christmas tree is still currently residing in the loft along with the other decorations. Probably time to take it down and do some decorating. But this year everything feels so ominous, with the Omicron variant of Covid spreading like wildfire and no-one knowing what 2022 will bring for us all when it comes to this never-ending pandemic. Family-wise we have some serious ongoing stuff going on, so the thought of putting up a tree feels a bit irrelevant and trivial in the circumstances. But I’m going to do it anyway and mark the end of the year the way we always do, with the familiar rituals of the festive season getting us through the dark days of the winter solstice and hopefully on to brighter days ahead…
Christmas Tree
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There is some degree of comfort in following family rituals. I have yet to pick a tree … am waiting to see if the provincial borders will remain open so that my far away family can join us. If they can’t, I am bound to do something Christmassy anyway – just because.
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Exactly! We may find we have to cut our Christmas coat to suit our cloth, but it’s still a coat and it still keeps us warm 🙂
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I know exactly how you feel Ruth last year I put my tree up then took it down the same day, this year it’s up to stay. Things will get better. Meanwhile keep smiling 😊
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Each year, the need to put up a tree seems less, but each year, we enjoy seeing it once it’s up.
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I suppose for each of us it’s like our very own Ghost from Christmas Past… 🙂
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🙂
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Family Rituals are key 💜
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