The Holidays

It’s Christmas night, and for our family that means the holidays are over. We had three Christmas’s this year, all of them at our house. For our family this has been a great holiday season. My wife Chelsea did an amazing job and worked really hard making it great for everyone, and that is what this blog is about. I think far too often we take for granted what others in our lives are doing and the efforts they are making, I believe it’s because it’s expected of them. We still have these little bits of our past, traditions from a time gone by that cling to us still today. Typically the women are expected to prepare the meals, do most of the Christmas shopping, and for the most part the clean up. I always find it fascinating even tonight, maybe I’m weird, but I believe this happens in most families. You have all the family together, Grandparents, Parents, Aunts and Uncles and all the kids. At some point you will find three or four women in the kitchen, cleaning up the mess. It’s interesting to me how they all just automatically do it, they team up and go knock it out. That’s sort of a tradition, and I think they enjoy it when they get to do it all together, I don’t know I could be wrong. The thought crossed my mind tonight….What if I called on the men to come into the kitchen and help me with all the dishes? I don’t have a problem cleaning up, but I wonder what the older generation of men would do? My guess is they would laugh at me. I wonder if as the generations pass that this sort of behavior will change? My wife thanked me tonight for helping her throughout the holidays, but it’s really her that deserves the thanks. She goes all out, I wont even get into it, but trust me she does. And here I sat this morning, complaining that I had to listen to her Christmas music yet again. (Yes, it pretty much plays all day in the house on any day we are celebrating a Christmas.) When I should have been thanking her for creating an amazing memory for so many people in our families. Thank you Chelsea for all you did this year, I love you for all you do and truly appreciate your hard work. For those of you that read this, if you have a wife or significant other like mine and you haven’t thanked them, you should probably think about it, they certainly deserve at the very least a sincere thanks. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Matt