Why Christmas Doesn’t Have the Same Magic For Me

Santa Clause is long gone, and Rudolph is dead

Estacious(Charles White)

2 min readDec 18, 2022

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Photo by Chad Madden on Unsplash

My Christmas spirit is really in the dumps this year. It's been low since my mother passed away in 2009. She was the queen of Christmas. It was her favorite Holiday. She would decorate the table with her seasonal tablecloth, new placemats, and sometimes a poinsettia.

Estacious(Charles White)

Written by Estacious(Charles White)

I am a southern writer and teacher living in the midwest. I focus on education, poetry, and fiction. I am an award-winning playwright. estaciousw1914@yahoo.com

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