(I
guess that makes it like any other day. Hey, I'm just happy that the world didn't end!)
Why
humbug, today?
For
many people, Christmas time is a time of too much busy-busy, a frantic level of hustle-bustle. Shopping, decorating, baking,
wrapping, and party-going are all piled on top of the normal stresses
of life such as laundry, daily cooking and cleaning, work and school.
Of course, some people do not celebrate Christmas—and many of them are getting sick of Christmas music in every store and relentless holiday "cheer" being pressed onto them by strangers.
Today—just
four days before Christmas—has been set aside for those of us who
want to complain or just sigh or even shout, “Bah, humbug!”
Why
look on the bright side, today?
Today
is the shortest day and therefore the longest night of the year in
the Northern Hemisphere. With considerably less brightness courtesy
of our sun, we humans have to make our own brightness. Do something
(or several somethings) to keep cheerful and happy. And maybe you can
hang some of those tiny white lights on your house to brighten the
night (or the multi-colored blinking ones, or the icicle kind, or whatever). And maybe you
can build a fire on your hearth, or light candles and bask in the
glow.
Speaking
of lights...
Have
you ever seen one of those great “light shows” in which houses
decorated with strings of lights have those lights choreographed to
favorite pieces of music? If you haven't checked out the videos I posted two years ago, be sure to now... And here and here are some more recent, also very
wonderful Christmas light shows.
And here is just one more (I can't help myself!) – an oldie
but a goodie!
Also
on this date:
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