Post by Jess on Dec 3, 2012 23:43:00 GMT -5
Anyone have any cool holiday plans coming up?
Christmas - fav time or year, or not so much?
Last Christmas was kind of .. sad in our family. It just seemed that nobody was in a good mood, and it didn't have the same happy feel that it did. We were really hurting for money, so some of the things that my parents opened up from each other brought on arguements about if they could've found things cheaper, or if we needed it, and basicly it was the worst Christmas ever.
This year feels totally different though, and I think it's going to be a good year, so I'm really looking forward to it. There have been some losses in my family over the past few years and me and my imediate family have gotten a little closer. I'm not around all the time - at school and whatnot, and now that I'm back I just feel.. more welcomed and appriciated after being away for a while, and I think my parents/brothers realized what it was like when one of us wasn't around as much, and it just makes being together as a family better so to speak. My grandma passed a few years ago, and my grandpa actually passed my first week of college. =/ I think it was his time, and probably for the best as bad as that may sound, but sometimes I guess it's just the way it is. The reason I bring it up though, is that we aquired some of our grandparents possesions, and are going to be setting up the christmas/holiday decorations that were a part of my childhood and ones that I grew up with when we lived closer to them. It just feels.. more like the holidays with them. The ceramic christmas trees with little light bulbs my mom brought back from their house carry so many memories. When I was young, I spent so much time with my grandma decorating, and that was always my favorite part. I've been kind of begging my mom to get a real tree this year - something we havn't really had patience for the past 4 years or so, or didn't want to fork out the extra bucks since they're not cheap, and it sounds like we might be getting one. It used to be one of my favorite Christmas traditions - picking out the tree, and having the smell of pine needles in the house for a good month.
After the Christmas that we've had the past 4 years or so, I'm so happy to have a good year. We've had so many deaths in the family over the past few years, including my doggie ;~; and basicly nothing has really felt "normal" or "right" for a really, really long time. And at least this month when I've been on break, things have been so... right, I dunno. I'm just super happy to be home, and for the holidays.
I hope everyone is looking towards a good year, and that you have some happy holiday plans coming up <3
Christmas - fav time or year, or not so much?
Last Christmas was kind of .. sad in our family. It just seemed that nobody was in a good mood, and it didn't have the same happy feel that it did. We were really hurting for money, so some of the things that my parents opened up from each other brought on arguements about if they could've found things cheaper, or if we needed it, and basicly it was the worst Christmas ever.
This year feels totally different though, and I think it's going to be a good year, so I'm really looking forward to it. There have been some losses in my family over the past few years and me and my imediate family have gotten a little closer. I'm not around all the time - at school and whatnot, and now that I'm back I just feel.. more welcomed and appriciated after being away for a while, and I think my parents/brothers realized what it was like when one of us wasn't around as much, and it just makes being together as a family better so to speak. My grandma passed a few years ago, and my grandpa actually passed my first week of college. =/ I think it was his time, and probably for the best as bad as that may sound, but sometimes I guess it's just the way it is. The reason I bring it up though, is that we aquired some of our grandparents possesions, and are going to be setting up the christmas/holiday decorations that were a part of my childhood and ones that I grew up with when we lived closer to them. It just feels.. more like the holidays with them. The ceramic christmas trees with little light bulbs my mom brought back from their house carry so many memories. When I was young, I spent so much time with my grandma decorating, and that was always my favorite part. I've been kind of begging my mom to get a real tree this year - something we havn't really had patience for the past 4 years or so, or didn't want to fork out the extra bucks since they're not cheap, and it sounds like we might be getting one. It used to be one of my favorite Christmas traditions - picking out the tree, and having the smell of pine needles in the house for a good month.
After the Christmas that we've had the past 4 years or so, I'm so happy to have a good year. We've had so many deaths in the family over the past few years, including my doggie ;~; and basicly nothing has really felt "normal" or "right" for a really, really long time. And at least this month when I've been on break, things have been so... right, I dunno. I'm just super happy to be home, and for the holidays.
I hope everyone is looking towards a good year, and that you have some happy holiday plans coming up <3