These decorative touches were captured in the middle of the day, of course. Occasionally at eventide these characters get full of themselves and enjoy life for a short while, but it doesn't last long. I came by one house the other night just as someone pulled the plug. The magic of Christmas ebbed and hissed out of the Holiday Snow Globe Carousel Featuring Real-Looking Snow, Authentic North Pole Figures and a Musical Merry-Go-Round with Actual Revolving Motion. It sputtered and sagged away until there was nothing left but a Christmas Blob.
It's a dramatic visual for a common problem: Christmas deflation. Christmas takes a lot of work. It's not easy staying bouyant and jolly for days, especially with the guilt-producing demands of family and friends and culture and tradition. It's all great - but it takes a good deal of oxygen.
I've seen people in the malls and in the Walmarts and on the streets who share the same posture and bearing as the Christmas blobs in front yards. Christmas demons have come and taken the wind right out of them, and they've decided there's nothing left for it except to fold into themselves and surrender. So they lay swaddled with good intentions and overwrought conditional love.
There's only one solution to keep from becoming another saggy Santa or pooped penguin: stay plugged into the Power.
1 comment:
Inspite of all of the empty remains of such christmas globs, I must say that this Christmas has been the most joyfull ever. Yet, there was no snow, no Santa, no turkey, or even a ham. My Christmas was void of hot air, but filled with love and thankfulness. Thanks for the visual that helped to put the finishing touches on what I hope to be a year filled with Christmas, the real deal.
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