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It is raining buckets and warm-ish but back to freezing weather tonight. So we will need ice skates soon.
I wish you all the Christmas spirit♡
Friday, December 19, 2025
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- I have been married 48 years with one married daughter and one amazing grand daughter. I enjoy rug hooking and most crafts. I spend most of my time with family and friends.
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I can recall my mother saying she wasn't in the Christmas spirit and wasn't going to decorate. This was a few years before she passed and I was surprises. HA! Fast forward several years now and I'm feeling exactly the same way. Since I go visit my son and family there's no reason for me to drag out items from the attic to decorate since I'd just have to drag them back. So I am now my mother, lol.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. Hoping you have fun time, just the same. And if I could, I'd reach into the screen for some of that cranberry pudding. Oh my yum.
Rain doesn't help a person feel Christmasy! I hope your Christmas spirit comes back quickly!
I wish you the Christmas Spirit too!
I understand that! I rarely have the Christmas Spirit these days. Praying for the Peace of Christmas for you.
Grace & Peace,
Pam
I can relate to how you feel as I have had that feeling on a few occasions. I hope the feeling passes. Take care.
I hope those “ for lots of reasons” you mentioned in your first sentence resolve for you in time. Christmas can be a lot when other things are also pressing down on you.
Beautiful sunrise (?) picture.
Even with little to no Christmas spirit, I hope you will enjoy being with family.
For years we build our collections, joy coming from the looks and feel of Christmas...but at some point we pare down, simplify, turn to Nature ... the real things. Sit quietly, a single candle lit, and in the silence you will hear.💚❤️🫖
I'm with you. I had a difficult 2025 - health diagnosis, broken bones, etc. I'm trying to do same things you're doing, cookies, movies, etc. I'm blue because I can't do all the things I used to be able to do.
So sorry you lost the Christmas spirit. I too am not really enjoying myself now that my mom is here. Am making the best of it though on my end too as I know she will not be here forever. Patience is a word I keep reminding myself of lately. Hope you do enjoy time with your family. Janice
i wonder why you are feeling this way?? all of the wonderful things you have done, should have brought you the christmas spirit!! you are a lovely person, with such great spirit...and you do so many things. maybe because your "general" routine is different?? i find i need my routine to feel "right"!! i hope you have a nice day and that when you look back on the day, you are able to smile!! that is one gorgeous sunset you captured!!
Awww....I'm sorry you're feeling that way my friend. I can so definitely relate. Your "many reasons" may be different than my "many reasons" but I understand. It's been that way for me for years now. I keep thinking that pulling out my decorations, listening to Christmas music, watching the old movies, baking, etc. will stir up some of the spirit...mostly to no avail. Like Saundra, I used to despair when my mother said she had no Christmas spirit. I just couldn't understand. Now I do.
I enjoy the lead-up to Christmas more than the day itself. I hope all goes well for your celebration.
You've given me a good idea. I will make bread pudding with my failed Christmas Stollen 🎄
Know that you are not alone in your feelings, Cathy, as many others are similarly affected including myself. My mother passed away a few days before Christmas years ago, but I still remember the sadness of that holiday. That sadness still lingers every holiday season, but memories of happier times lift my spirits. You obviously have had many joyful moments and ones yet to come, so be kind to yourself, relax and enjoy the time with family and friends.
I'm reading backwards. But I will say that you are far from alone. That lead up is exhausting -- even when it is fun, even when it is exactly what you want to do. There's a lot of stress at this time, lots of expectations (especially the ones we put on ourselves.) I hope you had a lovely, gentle day and that during these days - before all the decorations come down -- you can sit quietly and just savor them, the lights, the music, the quiet. Belated Merry and Onward!
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