Thoughts on Christmas Day

These might get personal. I'll still share them in public, though. You may have something similar that you can relate to.

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1. I miss our oldest son.

He ate Christmas dinner with us in 2017. Sixteen days later he died.

2. You never know when it will be the last Christmas with someone.

I don't say this to be morbid. It's just that the holidays can get to be so routine that we miss the significance. In a way, the days themselves don't matter. They're just an opportunity to connect.

3. Things are really different than when I was a kid.

4. Who cares if the date is accurate?

5. I hate the commercialism, but who doesn't?

6. And yet, most of us wind up sucked up in the commercialism.

7. Say or hear "happy holidays" and get over it.

8. I love it that my 33-year-old son wears a Santa hat.

9. I wish my 20-year-old disabled daughter could take part.

10. Yes, there is a Santa Claus.