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2017
8 years ago
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Egad, where did 2017 go? Heck, I remember looking up to 2000 and expecting the great crash of all electronics. Ah, well, another year to move forward. This will be the first Christmas without mom. That changes a lot. My sister mentioned this, we had a lot of family traditions that revolved around her and her Polish heritage; Midnight mass at the Polish church, the wigilia Christmas Eve dinner, the carols…
What do we do now? It is like the anchor broke free. We are free to change whatever we want and make our own traditions. But so what? What direction does one go in? I don’t want to fall prey to Consumer Christmas which is all about buying and deals at best, gifting yourself at worst.
Is it even about family? I love the getting together, and the sharing of memories, but now so many are gone… What happens if I am the last one left?
Why do we even care about this day in the first place?
I love the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. The cartoon was so progressive for its time. It followed, no, it made a formula that was completely contradictory to what conventional wisdom said a cartoon should be. From using a Jazz artist for the background music, to actual children to do the voice acting, to the most radical thing of all: Actually reading the Gospel on national TV.
It hit the nail on the head. This is a messed up, depressing world we are living in. But there is hope beyond it. It is not unattainable, and the means by which we can obtain it. That all began in a noting town in an obscure part of the Roman Empire… No it didn’t start there, it started with a promise at the dawn of time, but the climax started there. A new hope for everyone in this world, and beyond it…
Happy Christmas!
What do we do now? It is like the anchor broke free. We are free to change whatever we want and make our own traditions. But so what? What direction does one go in? I don’t want to fall prey to Consumer Christmas which is all about buying and deals at best, gifting yourself at worst.
Is it even about family? I love the getting together, and the sharing of memories, but now so many are gone… What happens if I am the last one left?
Why do we even care about this day in the first place?
I love the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. The cartoon was so progressive for its time. It followed, no, it made a formula that was completely contradictory to what conventional wisdom said a cartoon should be. From using a Jazz artist for the background music, to actual children to do the voice acting, to the most radical thing of all: Actually reading the Gospel on national TV.
It hit the nail on the head. This is a messed up, depressing world we are living in. But there is hope beyond it. It is not unattainable, and the means by which we can obtain it. That all began in a noting town in an obscure part of the Roman Empire… No it didn’t start there, it started with a promise at the dawn of time, but the climax started there. A new hope for everyone in this world, and beyond it…
Happy Christmas!
