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Christmas Eve

I will be the first to admit about myself… I don’t really believe in the Christian God. And so celebrating Christmas, per se, isn’t really what I’m doing this time of year. But I love Christmas time, and I’ve been thinking, lately, what it is I actually am celebrating anymore.

I consider myself agnostic, which basically means I don’t think a god can be proven or disproven. And I know I know, God and proof are mutually exclusive, right? Faith and God are what go together. However, when I think of proof, I don’t really mean physical proof.. I just mean proof that I, personally, can believe.

Me and Hubby

So anyway, what do I celebrate? I celebrate my family and the wonderful life I have. I love spending the day with my family, having dinner, opening gifts… and the gift part isn’t really even that big of a deal. It’s just a fun thing we do and if there were no gifts, and no food, if there was only just our family, then that would still be a wonderful day.

Me and My Family

What do you celebrate? Do you celebrate Christmas, the winter solstice, or anything at all this time of year?  I like having a bit celebration at this time of year because it’s cold out, and it can be dreary, so having a big day to celebrate is nice and fun. After the new year, we head into the really dreary part of the winter… January and February are the worst! Cold and not much to look forward to except the spring. And here in Utah spring doesn’t usually come until well into May!

So I’ll just enjoy the long dark nights, which I love. My sister got me some way cool candles, I put them on my bookshelves, and they are flameless! I love them! They look great and are no danger to the dogs and cats. And I had to dust and vacuum too because the house was a mess and the candles didn’t look good with all the icky dust. LOL.

Today, Christmas day, our family doesn’t do much… we celebrate Christmas Eve.  My parents are european and so that is our big day.  We had a great dinner and rice pudding and hot spiced wine and egg nog.  I kinda wish we didn’t need Christmas to celebrate! Maybe we should have another holiday, sometime the beginning of Februray, or middle of February, to break the dreariness of winter.

Festivus anyone?  LOL