It's hard mustering up the energy to decorate a tree. Perhaps all the boxes of ornaments, unwrapping them, hanging lights, throwing on the skirt and then vacuumming all the mess! Xavier was jumping off the walls, and as I was telling him to calm down, I realized I used to get excited like him. Why is it that as we get older, it's more difficult to get into the "holiday spirit"?
We've added a few new traditions like a fresh tree instead of an artificial one. We went to Terrain in town, they had a cozy fire pit with wood stump seats and wool blankets to stay warm, popcorn and roasted marshmallows. It was hard shrugging off the stress of work, school and life to stop and enjoy the moment and take in my sons excitement about it being his favorite time of the year. I have fond memories of sorting and organizing the branches to our tree with my sister and mom, hanging the ornaments and putting the presepio (nativity scene) under the tree.
As we were hanging the ornaments with Xavier, he was talking about which ones were his favorite, all of them of course. He couldn't wait to keep on hanging them - I remember being like that. It's hard for Xavier to resist the ornaments and not play with them. He managed to break two, Handy Manny and a Buzz Light Year - thank goodness for krazy glue.
The biggest attraction is the Thomas Train under the tree. Between Xavier and Cosmo, we are always amazed it survives the season, let's see what happens in the next few weeks. Until then, Xavier will be under the tree every night, making sure all the globes and ornaments that play music are all on with the train going round and round.
Here's to another Christmas and hoping that the holiday spirit touches you.
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