Packing Up Christmas

Today is start of the "Big Pack" week.

I am spending this week taking down Christmas decorations and packing them up, to bring them back downstairs to put into the spidery crawl space.

It's depressing.

No Nativity scene.

No lights.

No tree.

No can of pine scent spray.

No cutesy Hallmark singing snowman.

No wreaths.

No snowflake stuff on the front door.

No Advent calendar and candles.

No staircase garlands.

No elf basket with Christmas cards.

No bows.

No tinsel clinging to the carpet. (nah, I'll be vacuuming it up until September).

Nothing...

It's really depressing, because the all the neighbors are doing the same thing.

My DH and DD are depressed also. ( I don't know why because I have to do all the packing. They get off easy-LOL).

Why can't we keep this stuff up all year?

Or as my DD says "Lets keep Christmas in our hearts all year, so that it does NOT go away."

Sound familiar? Yeah I thought so.

But still worth remembering.

From the Dicken's Christmas Carol

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. "E. Scrooge