Well, hello!
As promised this morning, I've been thinking about a project for December.
I am aware that I'm rapidly developing a reputation for being a Scrooge/Grinch type character, which feels a little bit unfair... I don't hate Christmas at all, but I do hate the commercialism which surrounds it, and the fact that the hype starts so early.
As far as I'm concerned, Christmas starts in December, and personally I wouldn't put the tree up until a fortnight before the big day, largely because of pine-needle hell (takes a tree, central heating and cats to create!) That aside, I love Christmas, and all is trappings. It's just not so much fun these days, and full of memories. Phil was a total Christmas fanatic, we had a loft full of decorations, all of which stir up emotions I tend to lock tightly away. So Christmas is ....difficult.
Over the last few years, I've ignored Christmas, volunteered at a Crisis Christmas Homeless Shelter, and avoided any of the places we went in the past. None of these made it better, but they did enable me to cope. Last year I had a Christmas Tree, and I decorated it. It nearly destroyed me, did that little tree. So many memories, so much happiness... so far away.
*sigh*
As December approaches, planning Christmas and New Year parkruns has pushed Christmas firmly into the picture, and it occurs to me that perhaps I should approach things differently this year. I'm not going to ignore Christmas, nor am I going to soak myself in it until I nearly drown. I'm going to try to make some new memories, savour some of the old memories, and to enjoy what is happening around me.
One of the things that I'm going to do in order to try and ensure this happens, is to take photos of things which are festive - anything which makes me smile and has a vaguely festive theme. And I'd like to share this project:
One photo of something festive to be put up on my blog everyday in December - a record of the mission which regaining my Christmas Spirit will be.
I'm calling this project Festive Photo Frenzy and you're all invited to join in.
One photo a day, of something festive in your world. If you like, a couple of lines of explanation!
I've made a button, and a grab box, and everything, so if you fancy it, please have a go - pop the button on your blog, leave a comment, and I'll .... be really grateful!!
GRAB THE BUTTON HERE - copy and paste the contents of the text box.....
Yay!! That's my tree! Yayy! :D
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it and will take part! Yay!
ReplyDeleteAs for Christmas.. I hope you can achieve what you set out to do. You can and should never forget those Christmasses past and their memories but wanting to add new memories is a good path. :)
*hug*
Dani
Sounds like a great Christmas project, I look forward to watching it unfold. :-)
ReplyDeleteAs I have a daily running/blogging project lined up for January I'm going to sit this one out (I need a break after 30DHN).
stv