Christmas Vacation

It's almost here. You can almost hear it. See it. Taste it. Feel it. Live it. That's right.

Christmas is nine days away.

And with that comes a beautiful, extraordinary thing described often as, "Christmas Break." For some unlucky few, none will ever experience such a paradise. For others, this small relief lasts only a day or week. But for most, and for me, Christmas Break is a glimpse of what heaven on Earth would be like, lasting an entire 14 days.

So what will you do?

Vacation in the Bahamas? Climb Mt. Everest? Meander through the streets of Italy?

Or stay home, watch T.V. all day, lie on your couch, think about what other people are doing, eat ice cream, order pizza, wear the same clothes for the next two weeks, try to hang out with your friends only to find out that you can't because most of them are in France eating crepes in the Eiffel Tower or are eating dumplings as they breeze along the Great Wall of China?

Do something special. Don't just do the plain old boring things that you've done every single Christmas.

If you've already visited France, go tour England! If you've already blazed through the wild Amazon, relax in Hawaii! And if you've already louched around at home for the several past Christmas', go adventuring someplace else!

It can be several blocks down your street, 30 minutes bus drive away, or 3,000 miles distant from your home place; it doesn't matter, just go, have fun, and do something special.

Now some people may laugh,"Haha. That's funny. I wish I could do that except I don't have the time/money/guts/money/experience/money/money/money. I would do that every day if only I had the time/money/guts/money/experience/money/money/money."

To these people, I must reply,"You don't need any of that to vacation outside your comfort zone, certainly not money! If out of time, then I'm sorry that you can't do the things you love. But no one needs money to have an adventure. Just do it!"

Christmas is still nine days away. That's plenty of time to plan out your next escapade. Go hear it. See it. Taste it. Feel it. Live it. That's right.

Go have some fun!

T_L

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Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year.

It doesn't matter that we just had Thanksgiving, Black Friday and now Cyber Monday.
In fact, some people are doing a Giving Tuesday tomorrow, which doesn't make sense since we just had a Thanksgiving.

But it also doesn't make sense that people are already hanging their incredible, bright Christmas lights before December has even come! Intricate and complex lights swirl and decorate each and every imaginable item that sits on my neighbor's front lawn. Even that huge rock was adorned with some pink fuzzy lights to complement its gray exterior. And even worse, their seems to be some sort of "Christmas" light competition going on my street, wherein every house must strive to outdo the others in their attempts at an unnatural decorative light hanging. What happened to the time when it was acceptable to merely put up some nice, warm lights around the house?


T_L

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