Over the years I've noticed the feelings I have for Christmas changing. What used to be excitement as the end of the year approaches is now relief, and Christmas is less about "Jesus's birthday" and more a celebration that we have survived another year.
The Christmas season signals the start of the end of the year and in recent years, that can never come soon enough.
2011 was crap. 2012 wasn't much better. In 2013 things improved, but 2014 brought it all down again. 2015 was all over the place. And 2016 has been one struggle after another. Each December, I can't wait for the new year to start in the hope that things will get better. Maybe 2017 will be the year that it finally does.
We got our job back this week but it's not in time to fix our bank account for Christmas shopping. Our present pile is very small this year.
But, we are still here. Still fighting. Still hoping tomorrow will be better. And these days, that's what Christmas is about - the celebration that despite everything we've been through, we have not given up.
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