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My Christmas traditions are ending, one after one, and I'm more than a little sad about it. I've always been a great one for ritual, for tradition, for family, especially at this time of year, but the older I get, the less there seems to be.
For one, this year, my godparents (I have two sets) won't be having their annual Christmas Eve party/buffet. They haven't hosted it regularly for several years now, although they did have one last year. This was a staple of my childhood, all the way into my early twenties, and I looked forward to it tremendously. It was an excuse to get dressed to the nines, to eat marvelous food, and to spend the evening in the company of some of my family's oldest friends. Now, though, my godparents are older (nearly seventy), and they're just too tired to put on the dog, as it were. So they had a quiet dinner party with some of their adult friends (my parents included), and won't even be in town over Christmas.
Christmas Day is supposed to be spent with my father's family, my mother's family never having wanted to take part (they've all since passed away anyway). I don't especially like most of them, but it's important to me to see them at this time of year, to reconnect with my roots and to see how everyone's doing. Otherwise, the only time I ever see them is at funerals. This year, though, I'll be working.
On Boxing Day, ever since I can remember, we've gone up to the Laurentians to see my other set of godparents. Boxing Day is spent in their country house, sipping kir and exchanging jokes and family anecdotes, and consuming good food, and eventually all the "young" people hurtling outside with toboggans and flying saucers to go sledding down their huge hill. There's a fire with nuts and clementines, where you can sit and get warm, and everyone relaxes and has a good time. This year, my parents are going without me, because I'll be working.
The only two events I'll be able to attend are relatively new in my series of Christmas traditions. One is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
karine and adamofeden's 23rd of December Christmas party, which allows me to see all my friends and get dressed up and have lots of fun. The other is sandman7's low-key New Year's Eve Party.
I'll be spending most of Christmas Eve with my parents (with a few hours to seeforthright and curtana) and the part of Christmas Day that doesn't involve work.
I guess I'm just a little sad that so many of the traditions that were important to me aren't going to take place this year.
For one, this year, my godparents (I have two sets) won't be having their annual Christmas Eve party/buffet. They haven't hosted it regularly for several years now, although they did have one last year. This was a staple of my childhood, all the way into my early twenties, and I looked forward to it tremendously. It was an excuse to get dressed to the nines, to eat marvelous food, and to spend the evening in the company of some of my family's oldest friends. Now, though, my godparents are older (nearly seventy), and they're just too tired to put on the dog, as it were. So they had a quiet dinner party with some of their adult friends (my parents included), and won't even be in town over Christmas.
Christmas Day is supposed to be spent with my father's family, my mother's family never having wanted to take part (they've all since passed away anyway). I don't especially like most of them, but it's important to me to see them at this time of year, to reconnect with my roots and to see how everyone's doing. Otherwise, the only time I ever see them is at funerals. This year, though, I'll be working.
On Boxing Day, ever since I can remember, we've gone up to the Laurentians to see my other set of godparents. Boxing Day is spent in their country house, sipping kir and exchanging jokes and family anecdotes, and consuming good food, and eventually all the "young" people hurtling outside with toboggans and flying saucers to go sledding down their huge hill. There's a fire with nuts and clementines, where you can sit and get warm, and everyone relaxes and has a good time. This year, my parents are going without me, because I'll be working.
The only two events I'll be able to attend are relatively new in my series of Christmas traditions. One is
karine and adamofeden's 23rd of December Christmas party, which allows me to see all my friends and get dressed up and have lots of fun. The other is sandman7's low-key New Year's Eve Party.I'll be spending most of Christmas Eve with my parents (with a few hours to see
forthright and curtana) and the part of Christmas Day that doesn't involve work.I guess I'm just a little sad that so many of the traditions that were important to me aren't going to take place this year.
