So, we are living in the year 2025.
About to celebrate a worldwide event that most of us have been celebrating since childhood. This holiday has also been celebrated, in its modern form, for almost 300 years with accounts going back for a full 1000 years – a millennia. Wow.
But I don’t really know, or have an idea, of how people before the 1800s celebrated it because there were no stores or malls.
Once they appeared, we celebrated Christmas for pretty much the same way…until the early part of this new millennia.
I can still remember rushing through 3 different malls looking for gifts my loved ones, the strain of finding a parking spot, crowds, long cashier lines.
And of course, you’re doing this while braving the cold.
Nowadays, the difficulty of this process lies in making sure you do your online shopping in a timely manner so everything gets delivered before Christmas Eve. The internet is the mall and the noisy crowds and holiday music have been replaced by the familiar four walls of your house and holiday tunes of your choosing.
The weird thing is, the last year that I ever shopped in the old way – I went about doing it as if I was expecting to do it again the year afterward. And then….I just didn’t. And years just went by and before I knew it, it’s 2025 and it’s been almost 23 years since I set foot in a mall during the holiday season for anything other than just socializing with friends and relatives. In fact, I’m probably going to the mall this weekend with relatives to see if there’s any post Christmas sales. But, really, am I looking for sales? Or are we all just going to walk around, check out the new iPhones before going into a large crowded chain restaurant?
How strange that change happens and you don’t really notice it.
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