Advent with Extended Family
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:58 am
My family had our annual advent gathering recently. It was a rollercoaster.
Good:
- Singing Christmas songs together
- Sharing a few gifts
- Reinforcing our connection
Bad:
- The story of how at the school Christmas concert the arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" was so powerful because they had an over-the-top emphasis on the phrase "God is not dead". We had just finished singing it at my suggestion because it has a message we can all agree on, peace on earth good will to man.
- My sister's defense of toxic positivity. At least my niece could see the problem.
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- When they called me back in to sing "Lead Kindly Light" with my dad. It was touching to sing together, but it's hard not to read into things like that as attempts to save me from myself.
Weird:
- My brother's excitement at creating a year-end report for himself on his level of righteousness.
Good:
- Singing Christmas songs together
- Sharing a few gifts
- Reinforcing our connection
Bad:
- The story of how at the school Christmas concert the arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" was so powerful because they had an over-the-top emphasis on the phrase "God is not dead". We had just finished singing it at my suggestion because it has a message we can all agree on, peace on earth good will to man.
- My sister's defense of toxic positivity. At least my niece could see the problem.
¯\(°_o)/¯:
- When they called me back in to sing "Lead Kindly Light" with my dad. It was touching to sing together, but it's hard not to read into things like that as attempts to save me from myself.
Weird:
- My brother's excitement at creating a year-end report for himself on his level of righteousness.