It's amazing how people come together during the holidays.
Family members that speak to each other once or twice year find a place and a time to meet and exchange gifts, stores stay opened nearly 24 hours to prepare for everyone's extravagant evenings, the streets sparkle with lights, sometimes snow, and lots of smiles... I don't care how cliche it is to do certain things during the holidays, or how Hallmark it is to celebrate them obnoxiously. This is simply because if it serves the purpose of bringing people together- even if it isn't willingly at first- than so be it.
It's about time we all got together for something more than business meetings, class projects, and forced appointments. Celebrate a relationship that you forgot existed. Celebrate a person that was not able to be with you this year. Celebrate the fact that you are alive and breathing. And lastly, celebrate with a toast to all things on earth with a Christmas cookie or Channukah gelt. Because even though the shopping takes over much of the holiday season, when it comes down to it we're all in the same room together, sipping our warm beverages, looking for that same reminder of what the seasons are about. So whatever the original excitement comes from, look deep down into that little kid and remember what the holidays are truly about.
All I want this year is kiss under the mistletoe..