Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to come on and say hello. It's been a while since my last post. Wanted to see what everyone is up to. I know I sort of dropped off here a bit, I've just been busy with work and trying to figure out my next move in life. But I'm still around, and I still very much consider MMC an important place for me to live out my love for the season year round. It occurred to me a little while ago if anybody would even remember me being on here. After reading through the last page here I'm glad to see that people still have that pining for the Holidays.
I've been meaning to log in and post a few things. Not too long ago I had the urge to watch a few Christmas movies, so I put on National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and saw Elf when it came on TV. I went to Disneyland a couple weeks ago, and any time I'm there I always stop and see the ornaments they have up year round.
Most recently, though, I got to that point where I'm ready to finally delete most of my DVR recordings from the season. Sometimes you just can't quite get rid of them, even if you haven't watched them in a while and have no intention of doing so. But I think I will fairly soon. My DVR is starting to get full. I'll keep a select few but delete most of them. I also did some rearranging in my room, where even though my decorations came down in late January, I still had quite a few things arranged in the way I had them arranged during the season. In my mind that was sort of the last remnants of the season, does anyone else do that? Anyways, I'll be moving soon, and I generally needed to do some cleaning up, so a lot of that stuff is no longer the way I had it during the season.
Lately I've found myself pining for the October/Halloween season, which to be honest, rivals my love for Christmas. The only thing that makes it easy to move on from is when it ends, the Christmas season begins. So when March came I was happy because it means only 6 months until the whole season is here again, which, I think many would agree, starts in September.
Still though, in the back of my mind, I do have those moments where I remain just so perplexed at the differences in how we see the day when it is the season versus when it isn't. Like when I get off work, that sense of urgency to get home that I had when it was the season just isn't there anymore. Or when I wake up in the morning, I just don't have that celebratory moment anymore that I usually have upon waking up every morning during the season. It's alright, it's life. But it does genuinely keep me pining for the season in that way. Sometimes I'll take the long way home like I used to to see all the lights everyone had up and I'll just reimagine how vibrant everything was.
How is everyone else doing? I'm curious now that we're really in the off season, do you all still feel that longing for Christmas and do things in your life to keep it alive? What sort of things do you do?
Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well. It's good to know I'm always welcome here anytime.
