The
countryside is quiet over the holidays and once the mad rush to get “home”
occurs even the highway is desolate. Yesterday
Mom and I sat having our morning coffee and looked out at the quietness of a
true Christmas scene, with heavy snow on the ground, the trees and bushes also
laden thickly with white. Cutting kitty
corner across the yard were rabbit prints but otherwise nature was hidden away. Today I will expect to see the madness begin
again, with travellers going back to Calgary after spending time with their families. But there, for a little while, it is almost
as though we are in another world, completely cutoff from “civilization”. Even television seemed surreal with the
channels filled with B Christmas movies and skimpy with news.
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| Tree at Banff Springs Hotel |
Even having a few days free from work and
stress can help a person or a family recharge their batteries and be ready for
the next few months, until the next big break. But through all the holidays I
wonder how often anyone thought about the “true meaning of Christmas”? Perhaps in fleeting moments many people did
have a quiet thought for Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards Men. I hope so.
Reflecting back on the weeks prior to
Christmas day I wonder at the frenzy many fall into with their shopping, their parties,
their stressing to please only to have it fizzle away in less than 12
hours. As Mom and I sat there sipping
our coffee I looked around the room and felt relief that it was not overdone
with decorations. It was just enough to
put a shine on the house but not so much that it would be too much work to take
it all down. Does this mean that I will
never have another Christmas tree? No, I
don’t think so, but for now, it was just right.
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