Do you find yourself having misgivings about the New Year’s holiday?
Has the prudent-you always felt a little uncomfortable sharing the roads with who knows how many party-hearty individuals?
Has the traditional-you felt the holiday tree and decorations needed to stay up through New Year’s Eve, especially when entertaining, but even when you weren’t?
Will the career-girl-you be back to work the day after New Year’s Day, meaning the opportunity to take down the tree will be pushed to the nearest weekend opening, which could easily be the end of January—if not February?
Does the lazy, cozy, introverted-you just not relish the thought of a big party? (Either to throw, or attend)?
Well, here’s a thought for next year (or tonight):
Light a fire in the fireplace (if you have one).
Put on music.
Open a bottle of red wine.
Grill filet mignon on the grill (yes, in the snow).
And “Take down Christmas”.
Now, instead of hastily gathering everything up to stash away, or worse, just feeling let down that the season has ended, take your time. The decoration boxes will be a little more organized, and you won’t have to worry about getting to it once back at work, (or whatever makes up your busy life).
I highly recommend you try it, if not now, next New Year’s Eve. It will make the chore different, like a tradition. And it will be lovely to wake up on the first day of the new year to a clean, vacuumed house with everything tucked back in their boxes, and your still beautiful tree stuck in a snow-bank in the back yard for the birds to enjoy till spring. Now, that’s a BellaPamella idea if I ever heard one.
