Whatever happened to:
- neighborhood church bells
- a reverence for religious and national holidays
- special occasion dresses
- waiting until December 25 for a present
- a much anticipated long distance phone call ... for just a few minutes due to cost
- 99.9 % of stores and businesses closing for Christmas, Sunday, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc.
- saying "Merry Christmas" ... instead of "Happy (generic) Holidays
- Christmas savings programs through your bank so you didn't owe on credit cards for six months past Christmas
- moderation
- being content with whatever present you received ... instead of handing out a wish list
- driving to grandma's house for a family gathering
- meaningful Christmas music
- nothing remotely Christmasie until after Thanksgiving ...
- the real reason for celebrating Christmas ...
- whole intact families
isn't it a blessing, that some of those things still remain in our households ... :o) ...
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How did you get in my head? I agree with every one of those points.
ReplyDeleteIn my Mothers neighborhood, you can still hear the church bells ring. I love the sound of it.
Special occasion dresses? Absolutely!
Please don't be a pessimist MM. A lot of those things are still going on all over, JUST NOt EVERYWHERE!
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every single one of those things is essential to my heart. maybe we need to find a wayback machine?
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Those things are ways of celebrating Christmas in a moderate and holy way.I"m just sick of keeping up with the Joneses attitude and commercialization.
If you don 't mind I want to use this bit on my blog and also link you on it. Can i do it? Just so others can read it too.
Thank you for visiting my garden.
Amen and Amen!!!
ReplyDeleteO, I forgot, from gramma_s
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