| You can put away the tiny violins now |
[Dec. 28th, 2009|11:39 am] |
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I want to make it clear that I was NOT thrown out in the cold on Christmas Eve to shiver on a street corner, making a fire out of old Georgia Straights. I stayed home, got some writing done and relaxed a bit, then picked up my Dad at the hospital and went to my brother's place in Burnaby for Christmas Dinner. I got to see my niece and nephew and other family folks. So, despite my earlier objections, it was hardly a travesty.
Didn't go to the movies either, if you're wondering. |
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| Home alone for Christmas |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|12:01 am] |
As much as claim atheism, anti-clericalsim and anti-commercialism, I'm oddly sentimental about Christmas. Granted, I've been griping about it all month, but now that it is here, I want it to be good.
Unfortunately, a number of contingencies have prevented my hoped-for event. Three of my family are or have recently been in hospital because of injuries or surgery, and the logistical burdens of this gathering have fallen on my brother's family. There's just no room at the inn, so I'm at home tonight, for the first time in my life.
I like liminality, as anthropologist Victor Turner described, and I don't get enough of it. Christmas is a major liminality event, and being at home reduces the liminality.
I'm not sure what I'll do Christmas Day. Perhaps go to the movies? I certainly don't want to see "Dances with Smurfs in Space," but "Sherlock Holmes" or the new Terry Gilliam look good. |
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