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Countdown to Christmas
Well it's the countdown to Christmas. My family is having Christmas the weekend before with my family who lives in San Diego. I am very excited because we don't get to see each other very often and we are all going to be there. All the cousins, aunts, and my dad who I get to see but once a year. But this year is going to be a sad Christmas, it will be the last Christmas we are going to be able to have at my grandmother's house. We had to move her into a senior home, and we sold her house. This is the house we have celebrated Christmas in since I was born, and this Christmas is going to be spent packing it up. We don't know where we are going to spend Christmas from here on out because my grandmothers house is a halfway point between San Diego and Sacramento. It's in Fresno, and no one else is left in Fresno but her. So I am looking forward to Christmas, but yet the closer it gets the more sad I get. I am sure my family will find another way to get together, but it will never be the same as grandma's. There are so many wonderful memories from that house, I will keep those in mind as Christmas comes around. 2 comments from 2 users
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creatress
on Nov 28, 2007 at 09:17 AM
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jnkmommy
on Nov 29, 2007 at 07:46 AM
Thanks for the advice. We have made trips to San Diego with them before and its just hard with them in the car for 8-9 hours. I am sure we can make our own new traditions, and I like the thoughts you have on cycles of life, because this isn't the only time traditions will change I'm sure. I think they are a little too young though to understand it all. It's just me that's sad, but I look forward to new traditions.
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Can you just make the trip all the way to San Diego a family vacation? There are hundreds of wonderful fun things to do there (not like I need to tell you I'm sure).
Perhaps while going through such a sad time you can think about (and talk about) the cycles of life and nature with each other. I know that sounds really lame and cheesy, but Christmas is a good time to ponder on that. It's near the darkest time of the year when ancient people would fear that the sun may vanish altogether (Just like you're worried that your family traditions are changing). One tradition, season, cycle dies, but another is re-born. Heavy metaphor, I know.
This would be especially good for the children (though they look too young to really get upset about the change in tradition this year).