It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere. Almost everywhere. Christmas songs are playing. Decorations are up and they're no more prominent than when I go home at night. Christmas is here and there's nothing you can do about it.
Last year, I had to spend Christmas away from home. It was my first year to work in a city far from my home. It's an island away in fact. And it became my first time to spend Christmas away from home. December 26th wasn't declared a special holiday and I didn't want to travel Christmas night to go to work the next day. And so I decided not to go home for Christmas, opting to go home for the New Year Holiday instead. But Christmas isn't really just one day, so if I think about it I did go home for Christmas, it's just not on the 25th.
This year will be different. I have a timely rolloff from a project and I'm now entitled to paid vacation. And I will be taking it in the last two weeks of December. This year, I will truly be going home for Christmas. And I'm so happy.
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