Carols of the Season

I hope your Thanksgiving was great, and filled with warm memories, and that you want for nothing and no one.

I never know how to feel around this time of year, so I usually just sing Christmas carols very loudly in my head (or out of my head) to compensate for the discomfort.  I'm pretty sure that's the whole principle behind why Christmas carols exist.

It's hard for me to make out where I stand and what I should/should not be doing/saying to my varying degrees of family.  It's very complicated.  I'm sure your situation is the same - I am not unique.  Perhaps this is the whole reason people started caroling in groups, and even going door-to-door, for that matter.  Uncertainty must love company.  Everyone just decided to throw back some libations and go singing up and down the streets one day, in acknowledgement of no one knowing how else to feel.

Oh, and because Christmas carols are jolly and fun.  Even I can admit that.

I went up to NYC (Queens) to be with my great-aunt.  A lot of family members were there.  The food was amazing.  It was just how I imagined it would be.

My great-aunt's house, with the date stamp May 6 1906

Side note - without fail, every single time I get to around exit 10 on the NJ turnpike, me, or someone else in the vehicle, will say, "oh god, what's that smell?!"   The answer is always, "New Jersey."

Being the introvert I am, I am glad to now be at home and around no people, as my entire energy bucket was spent on socializing over the past couple of days.  I will need a while to recover.  Please leave a message.

I'm really starting to embrace my Netflix subscription.

I wonder what this season will hold.  I really can't tell.

Meanwhile, I suppose I'll just stare at all of the decorations around the city, and in stores, and buildings, and my neighbor's house (just wait till you see.  I'll take a good photo for you.) And I'll hope to feel something other than the need to burst out into Christmas carols.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la.