Christmas Eve
12/24/2008 05:40 p.m.
I wonder what other people are doing today. It's the day of Christmas Eve and I have to go to work this evening, but I have no plans to spend this day with family or loved ones. Christmas was always a big deal in my family; getting a tree, decorating it and at night waking up just to plug in the lights and stare at it. I would sometimes contemplate the year that has been, sometimes just stare into the branches and dream. I sit here in my apartment, with no decorations, not anything that would suggest it's a holiday except for the few gifts that I have wrapped and are awaiting their destination. I have no true expectations for this holiday, except that will be like every other day. Sad, it seems to me, that this once great day has turned into this. I think about going to midnight mass and realize I haven't been to a Christmas service in years.