I guess part of my "problem" is that what Christmas is "supposed" to be - commercially -has no value to me. What it is supposed to be differs vastly from person to person.

I just want a peaceful celebration with good feelings. Not religious. Just a simple recognition of the peace the world needs. PEACE ON EARTH! That is really the most important thing of all to me. Hard to promote without peace in the family but not impossible.

I shall be thankful for dear friends far and near, Wonderful music of many sorts, And the energy to share thoughts with people.

"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as one, two, three and not a hundred or a thousand… We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without." – Henry David Thoreau

This is a process - working through what I need to do...