Oh, the joy of going home for the holidays! Visions of a snowy lawn surrounding the homeplace, smoke lazily drifting from its chimney, wide porch decorated with greenery and twinkling lights; children making snowmen, horses in the field adjacent standing at attention, blowing frosty breath over the fence. Wonderful warmth resides within, scents of bay and spruce, delicious food in preparation, the fire crackling as it consumes aromatic hardwoods.
A dream. Living that coming-home-for-the-holidays script enhances the soul. Even a movie or book . . . memories reconstructed just to experience once again that quickness of spirit . . . an inviting, anticipatory feeling, lasting for a tiny bit of time, can impart that secure, pleasurable glow.
Few have lived it, all love it, retailers bring it to us in fits and starts . . . Currier & Ives visually created artful perfection. In reality, ability to travel that lovely road home eludes most and intrigues all.
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