What I Didn't Wear For Christmas 2007

Tannenbaum, originally uploaded by Rubianne Ellison.

First of all, my apologies if you've seen this photo already- it's oldish. However, it's a favorite of mine, and I don't think I could come up with a better image for my Christmas entry.

Today is the 21st, and just like every year, my suitcase is open on the living room floor, and I've been up all night cleaning. Tomorrow I'll be going out of town, so this will be my last entry for a week or so.

I have to admit that I don't like many aspects of the Christmas/holiday season....people everywhere buying stuff, having to shop and clean, and go to the airport and listen to the screaming of children...My relatives and I will slump around in our pj's for a week, eating stuff and having to- the- death Scrabble and Bid Whist tournaments. We'll annoy one another, and it'll probably rain, and I'll whine about having to sleep on the floor or my mom's dog eating my socks.

But then we'll go out shopping, and we'll see a city still struggling to recover from a national disaster. We'll see people who have been forced to celebrate their holidays in trailers in their front yards for too long, we'll see the skeletons of ruined structures that used to be people's homes, we'll see graffiti and boarded up windows on buildings that used to be thriving places of business. I'll remember the folks that aren't lucky enough to have family to annoy them, that don't have money to travel in airports full of screaming babies, that don't have the means or even any reason to shop in crowded stores for holiday gifts.

The one thing I do like about the holidays, as I get older, is that it really makes me realize how blessed and loved I am.

I sincerely wish you and your friends and loved ones a happy holiday season. I hope you take a break from Secondlife, and enjoy the blessings that your real life has to offer.

Best,
Rubi