You can imagine how excited we always were as children when we got to open the last door on our advent calendar. Next was the trimming of the tree, then we were sent off to my grandmother who was supposed to keep us entertained until we finally got the liberating phone call telling us to come home.
This morning I went outside into the hallway to open the last little parcel of my special advent calendar by Phoenix Glass. You might remember the picture from the first day with just one small bauble on the tree.
It looks a lot different now!
Happy Christmas Eve, my friends.
I already wished you Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah in this advent calendar of mine, but where are the other holidays that are celebrated at this time of the year some of you might ask?
I won't claim to be better than I am, so I'll just admit that I don't know much about them and probably I haven't even ever heard about some of them (not even all of the Christian ones if they are Catholic).
I grew up with Christmas, with the decorations and the carols and the story, and it's what I know best. The tradition of the advent calendar has to do with it and that's why this advent calendar is mostly about Christmas, too.
Today, however, I want to wish Happy Holidays, to all of you.
I'm hesitating to start listing holidays because I don't want to forget anyone. I'm sure there are lists out there which do that much better.
I wish you happy celebrations, wonderful family gatherings, peace, harmony, and I don't care how cheesy it may sound to some. We all need those moments, and I hope you can enjoy them to the fullest. Not all of us on this planet can.
