• 14 - A Christmas with No Bells or Whistles

  • Dec 23 2022
  • Length: 6 mins
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14 - A Christmas with No Bells or Whistles

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  • I feared Christmas this year because I knew the holiday was totally stripped down for me. I’d have no family or gathering to be with because of the divorce and the Omicron variant of COVID, limiting connection. There was no room to decorate a tree in my tiny space. I was also feeling the blah-humbug of the formality of gifting, which wasn’t a requirement for me this year. And trying to formulate how I’d cook for myself for Christmas, a special meal? Hmm. It felt like I was living in an involuntary boycott of Christmas, which did give me a certain kind of relief, even while a hollow feeling settled in the center of me . . . Stovern's Along the Learning Curve of Life collection and the full text of this piece is at www.danastovern.com
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