It's hard to blog when you're dead tired...it's hard to be in the Christmas spirit when working retail...but I am giving it my best. I feel disjoined this year. Shuffled around the country, my belongings in storage, my dog hoping desparately that Santa brings him playmates and a yard (the second is definitely not happening this year...GUILT!!!)
But through everything, I've had moments when things break through. For one thing, I'm in a part of the country where people still say "Merry Christmas" to store clerks and smile as they shop for presents. Of course, I'm from Chicago where the holidays are a Christmas/Hannukah/Ramadan/etc. minefield of political correctness and not wanting to offend (not to mention the Greek Orthodox who celebrate Christmas and Easter after everybody else is bargain shopping and packing up the decorations.) In Harrisonburg, things are slower, and more simple and definitely more Christian and as I worked today, I received many "Merry Christmases" from customers and I know my face registered shock each time, but I managed to reply in kind to most before they walked off. It was kind of nice, refreshing.
So, MERRY CHRISTMAS! to all...and of course Happy Hannukah to my Jewish friends!
Friday, December 19, 2008
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