Something different for everyone
The neighborhood’s been in full holiday swing this past month.
There were some carolers that were singing outside one of my usual supermarkets, which was a cool little things for the neighborhood.
The Firecracker’s sister and brother-in-law were supposed by with their kid again for a pre-Christmas dinner so we did a lotta planning, including for me to really spend some time in our local (tiny) Japanese food mart around the way.
Unfortunately, her brother-in-law got sick.
Firecracker: On no, now their kid’s sick.
Me: Oh man, that stinks. We should cancel getting together otherwise, everyone’s gonna have a miserable Christmas.
Her: Yeah, she thinks the same.
So, we ended up having some pretty quiet Christmas plans; the Firecracker really wanted to see some Christmas lights but I was beat and so were the kids.
She was definitely a good sport about not going but I convinced the boys and myself to rally and head out with her to see some lights in Lincoln Center that was activated by noise.
The kids liked it because they had a good reason to scream on the top of their lungs in the middle of Manhattan. And the Firecracker liked it because she just wanted to do something festive with alla us.
Afterwards, we decided to walk along Columbus home trying to figure out what to do.
We ultimately found a cozy little Mexican restaurant that had margaritas so we went there.
Me: Nothing like a traditional Chinese-American Christmas meal of Mexican food.
But, honestly, it was better than anything we coulda planned.
Afterward, because we all had other obligations for Christmas Day, we all exchanged gifts that night.
It was something different for everyone, which makes sense, because this whole thing is something different for everyone.
Location: a Christmas market
Mood: proud
Music: Next year all our troubles, will be out of sight (Spotify)
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