Awww! I'm facing a Christmas all alone (roommates and friends all departing for family, me poor and not eligible for time off anyway, in a city Far From Home, mope mope mope)--this charmed me on a level that seems a little bit freakishly personal, and this bit
Christmas – a couples’ holiday, a family holiday. No season for the alone, the lonely, the frightened, for those who, like him, somehow lacked the necessary equipment to cope with the annual orgy of (God-bless-us-every-one, thirty percent off all Betamax, and love, cuddle, and teach the world to sing in perfect harmony) Christmas spirit. He felt like a cosmic match girl, forever in the cold, his face pressed against the glass, freezing as he watched the revels.
struck ridiculously close to home. The whole thing is just charming, all the getting-to-know you/this-is-a-huge-mistake anxiety coupled with holiday malaise. This is a really sweet piece, thank you for posting it!
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Date: 2008-12-21 06:43 am (UTC)Christmas – a couples’ holiday, a family holiday. No season for the alone, the lonely, the frightened, for those who, like him, somehow lacked the necessary equipment to cope with the annual orgy of (God-bless-us-every-one, thirty percent off all Betamax, and love, cuddle, and teach the world to sing in perfect harmony) Christmas spirit. He felt like a cosmic match girl, forever in the cold, his face pressed against the glass, freezing as he watched the revels.
struck ridiculously close to home. The whole thing is just charming, all the getting-to-know you/this-is-a-huge-mistake anxiety coupled with holiday malaise. This is a really sweet piece, thank you for posting it!