So it is time to put yet another Christmas behind us. It is over, other than the trash bags of torn wrapping paper and empty boxes. And I will now have to take down all of the strings of lights in the front yard. Those I will miss. But the rest can just be packed away until after Halloween next year and it will all begin again.
The stores don't even wait until after Christmas to begin pushing the Valentines merch. Oh, we'll have a brief spat of New Year's Eve crap, but the next profit opportunity will be Valentines Day. Even I have have started to shill Valentine's themed t-shirts on social media in yet another vain attempt to move my Dizgraceland Dizigns.
At least we can stop watching the holiday movies, too. And now the reality and bills will start rushing in and we can return to the day to day anxiety of what fires to put out at work or the next home repair.
I do miss that my kids are past the age of being overly excited about Christmas. At least when they were little they expressed a little joy at what was in the next box. Now it just goes into a pile and they go back to their phones.
Oh well, on to the hearts and flowers of the next holiday.
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