Ohh, holidays. The redefining of such occasions with age is indeed a thing of wonder. Some of the 'magical' properties, winds filled with the mysterious change in public attitude and excitement, do abate somewhat.. however other pleasant aspects erupt in their place. All the more reason why some people despise widely-celebrated holidays .. obligations sometimes pop up and seem to fully rob the days of this deserved, almost human right of a calm, self-pleasing spirit. If such mandatory indentured hours can be avoided, though.. well hot damn, it can be doused right back in the adult version of a magical time.
Today, for example, has been fantastic so far. Woke up rested around ten o'clock, had some tea and a cinnamon roll, lit the lights on the jõulupuu / ёлка / Christmas tree, put on some music to fit the season, hit up the shop for hõõgvein / glögg, verivorstid / blood sausages, piparkoogid / gingerbread and some proper winter porter, came back to sit and read for a bit with coffee, and am now heading out with my suusad / sabet / skis for a bit of biting cold air, then back for indulging in the hõõgvein and just generally .. enjoying the holiday just as it means by definition. Slowing everything down about forty notches, enjoying the holiday greetings from here and there - from deeply missed friends afar, and letting every molecule in my body simply take some time off from the rampaging rush that is the other side of 'progress'.
So more on that quite soon, and in the meantime - häid pühi, happy holidays to all. Just take a breath and smile.
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sounds lovely.
wish I had some xc skis, and the time to ski them.
next time you come thru, fly through boston and spend a few days with us in the woods.
Nice! Prostate!
Lovely. I always wish I had a proper way to describe that feeling. There is a sort of sinking feeling about how the holidays change as your age progresses. It is hard to feel change within how the magic reflects in you. Somewhere along the line, it goes from getting presents to getting, and other such examples, and now I am noticing that it has become much more about time, as you suggested. What I desire most with my time around the holidays is to see those MOST important to me and to self-reflect. The MOST importants often are my immediate family, and while I did have a fair amount of time with them (three days in a row, interspersed with some additional time), it never feels like enough. When I have to leave the house, the Christmas tree, the unstructured time, my heart just sinks.
Now, when it comes to other obligations, I feel like I am getting better by the year about RSVP'ing no to things I don't actually want to go to with people that I would enjoy seeing but not at the expense of spending that time with the MOSTS. However, no amount of improvement, I think, will ever completely kick away that sense of obligation that seems minimally housed in all (ok, at least all Midwesterners!). Noticing this is another part of the reason why 'Live the Way You Desire' made it onto my New Years Resolutions this year!
Now that you have gained access to reclaiming the magic as your age and attitude changes, any advice on making that magic last past the holidays? It's semi-slump time.
Thank you, as always, for your magic words.
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