Christmas Time is here again! I try not to acknowledge or decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. What can I say, I am a purist at heart and want to celebrate each holiday. Anyways, Christmas is my second favorite holiday, with Halloween being my favorite. I love the season, with the lights, and smells, tastes. Basically all the magic that seems to be in the air. It is a wonderful time of year and I truly miss home around this time.
There are various reasons for this. One of the main ones is the lack of celebration of Christmas here. People do not decorate their homes (because they are mainly apartments and not freestanding homes), and Christmas is a couple holiday. I deeply miss the lighting of the Santa Claus and the hot chocolate that comes after seeing the lighting. I miss putting up the Christmas tree with family and Christmas music. I miss all the decorations everywhere. I miss the magic.
Since I have been in Korea, the amount of decorations and people celebrating have increased dramatically but it is still not quite like home. I understand the reasons for it but it is the hardest time of year for me to be away because I feel like I am missing something. Mainly family. This year, I hope to go and see the Christmas light park, so I can kind of feel the magic that I miss but I don't think it will be the same. I miss my family and this time of year just shows it more. It has gotten better as time has gone by but I don't know if it will ever be 100% okay.
Oh well. Time to make new memories and feel nostalgia for home. Sometimes, nostalgia is okay!
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