Comments on: Reproaching ourselves at Christmas time

By: mormonhermitmom

mormonhermitmom — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:56:30 +0000

I like to put lights in the windows, but it didn’t happen this year. But we did do something new and actually gave of ourselves this year. I’m okay with that.

By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:03:46 +0000

I’m with jendoop and the “it’s never too late” idea. I still have hopes to get some kind of Christmas or New Year’s or Valentine’s letter out. I still hope to make some goodies this week to take to a few neighbors. It doesn’t all have to be done before December 25.

By: Steawlagreess

Steawlagreess — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:30:33 +0000

Hi, i’m new to the forum and saying hello everyone.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:22:36 +0000

This happens to be one of my favorite times of the year…after Christmas! There are so many moving parts to Christmas and putting them all together just gets more overwhelming. I love the urge to clean out, start anew, set goals, plan for the new year and declutter from the holidays.

This year it started early. Late Christmas Eve my tree toppled over, I leaned it against the wall and was happy I had a good excuse to take it down Christmas day. The morning of the 26th I was up at the crack of dawn cleaning out the store room, garage and even helping my parents clean out one closet at a time.

I am taking the time to write each friend and family member a personal note instead of our standard Christmas picture and message. It may take me until Valentines Day, but that’s ok with me. It’s way overdue…

By: Michelle L.

Michelle L. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:45:20 +0000

We haven’t been downtown to see the lights at Temple Square. The display stays on until Jan. 1; but I still don’t think we’ll make it. Sniff.

Silly whiny husband who doesn’t like dragging the kids anywhere.

By: jendoop

jendoop — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:05 +0000

Zina I love rosettes, they are my family tradition also! But they make so many and are such a production I only make them if we attend an activity where I can share. So they weren’t made this year.

By: Zina

Zina — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:49:53 +0000

My plan was to celebrate until Epiphany, but I am getting kind of eager to take the dry tree down and get back to life as usual. It’s not that I like life-as-usual better, it’s just that celebrating takes thought and energy that seems in short supply to me at nearly 7 months into a pregnancy.

This is the third-or-so year in a row I haven’t gotten around to making cinnamon walnuts or Swedish rosettes, and they still sound really yummy but I’m also ready to rest from festivities. So I guess my ambivalence puts me in Christmas limbo.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:34:27 +0000

This year I started to take down the Christmas tree on December 26. I had all the ornaments off when my six-year-old noticed what I was doing and with tears in her eyes, requested that I leave the tree up longer. So there it stands, bare of all ornaments, but with the lights still on.

(Incident #6033 in a series of “Sacrifices I Make For My Kids.”)

By: jendoop

jendoop — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:43:01 +0000

Oh, I’m still in the “better late than never” stage. The Christmas cards go out today and the sugar cookie dough that has been waiting in the fridge will be baked eventually. While you’re eager to move on I want to extend the season to enclude the epiphany, like my neighbors, so I have fewer regrets about what didn’t make it into this year’s celebrating. Plus, I dread taking down that Christmas tree so I’ll do it when the kids are back in school.