Nostalgia

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 Christmas is all about tradition actually beginning with the nostalgia of Thanksgiving.  But I enjoy revisiting Christmases past, even if scenes are before my time.  It might be early to be writing about Christmas, but YouTube is giving me a lot of winter scenes, maybe not with Christmas music but the scenes are there.  

I’m an old guy who enjoys revisiting the past, but I can only take so much of it this early in the season.  I still like images of Santa sitting on a secluded beach when it’s all over.  But I can still feel nostalgic seeing images of the traditional Santa Claus.  I still like the idea of Santa Claus and his reigndeer.  Like I said it might be too early for Christmas, but even in July I can feel nostalgic about Christmas.

But why do we feel this way about Christmas any time of year?  I’m not sure except for many in spite of our problems throughout the year images of Christmas reminds us of usually happy times.  There are exceptions to this, because Christmas for some is not that way and I understand this.  But scenes are often about small town America.  I grew up in small town America.  It may not have been perfect but Christmas in small town America was special regardless.  

I don’t need Christmas music but the scenery is often the same with old small town America.  My kids grew up in suburbia, which was different.  But us old folks like those images from old, unless we grew up as city slickers, then it’s different.  I have often revisited my life prior to my experience with the Divine and I divide my life into two separate lives.  But my experience didn’t erase my memory, but it does cause me to look at my life differently.

God wanted to prepare me for that experience and this is what my life did prior.  Since then I can look back on my life saying every event prior prepared me for my experience with the Divine.  I still like images of Santa sitting on a secluded beach smoking his pipe when it’s all over.  Everyone feels that way after the season.   For me a secluded beach where I can relax with a pipe isn’t that far away.  Maybe some day I’ll get there.  

I’m thankful for every day, but the season is special.  I look forward to it every year, and this year is no different.  We have already begun our Christmas shopping and I am working on my Amazon wish list.  I don’t want a Dunhi pipe or anything like it.  We won’t spend a lot this year, but mostly Christmas is about family.  We get together at Christmas.  It’s just a special time of year.  And it has begun.

But right now this morning I am smoking my pipe with and looking at scenes of Christmas as I ponder the days to come.  When it’s all over it seems it’s over too soon.  So I’ll enjoy it while I can as I ponder sitting on a secluded beach smoking my pipe when it’s over.  This morning it is one of my no name pipes with Balkan blended tobacco and my coffee is Stumptown Holler Mountain.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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