Day 5, Movie 5 Christmas Chronicles
Yesterday, I found it odd that when I watched Elf I found myself smiling and getting giddy when Santa gets stranded in Central Park. Seeing him in his get up and seeing all of the reindeer really made me excited! It reminded me of working at Fairlane mall and the first year they had the real Santa there to take pictures. I’m pretty sure I was 16 years old at that time.
I will never forget walking through the mall with Donald and being on the second floor and seeing Santa getting set up and sitting in his chair. I thought it was so magical that I ran to the glass banister and yelled out, “Santa” as i frantically waved my hand over my head so he could see me. When he looked directly at me and gave me a slow wave, I lost my mind! When I tell that story, my Mom says that he probably thought I was “special needs” but I don’t care!
However, when I took Sean to see Santa each year, I never got enamored with the magic of seeing Santa. I was just so excited for my son! We went to get our Christmas pictures taken in 2016 and just after I was injured. I think that was the last time I left the house for a really long time! I didn’t even send out Christmas cards that year! I haven’t sent them since then either. That really bums me out but I appreciate getting all the cards I still do receive.
Sean was 15 then and pushing me in my wheelchair but when I saw Santa talking to someone and being in the same level, before I even knew what I was doing, I waved my left hand over my head and exclaimed, “Santa!” This Santa also smiled and waved back to me and I was excited the entire time we ate our dinner at Olga‘s.
So, I’m still a cheeseball even though I am 37 years old! I wanted to test my hypothesis that I am a sucker for a really good Santa Claus so I watched Christmas Chronicles today after watching Love Actually OF COURSE!!!
My Mom told me about this movie last year and she has watched it all summer which is crazy because I can only watch Christmas movies at Christmastime but I am still a cheeseball and I found myself smiling, being giddy, and even (good) crying at times!
I remember telling my students that my favorite holiday was Christmas and it wasn’t because of the presents because I am the, “Santa Claus” in my house but I love the magic of the season!
That magic lived on today even though I can’t find the tree skirt for my Christmas tree and I haven’t even put the star on my tree yet. A string of lights burnt out and it just has to remain a dark part of my tree because my Mom would have to take the ornaments and the beads down in order to replace the lights. I still love my trees so it’s OK! I hope that I find the tree skirt before Christmas but…