Christmas changes over the years. When we are kids we wait with anxious anticipation for the gifts and the fun. As we grow older we evolve into the fact that we enjoy the gifts and family but it is not an anxious, get up early type of deal.
As young parents (many years ago), Christmas became a time again of some great anticipation as the kids are young and they have that vibrant anxiety waiting for the big guy to come. Then the kids grow to the stage of "just get me the gifts" and some of the fun and anxious times go away again as a parent.
I am now at a stage where the child is grown and married and we just simply cherish the time that we can spend with them as they manipulate a difficult schedule to be everywhere they need to be during the holidays. We are only one of four who share tem now when you consider their grandparent.s This is when the heart strings tug a little.
You begin to wonder why it cant be like it used to be. But then you think and someday there will be other precious little feet running in their household to see if santa has come. We would be grandparents then and anxious anticipation for us can again be instilled.
Yes, Christmas evolves over time. We have to adapt and change with it.
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