The author discusses their two recurring anxiety dreams, one involving forgetting their children at a party and the other about failing to wrap gifts quickly enough at a department store. The second dream, particularly vivid during Christmas, highlights the abrupt removal of Christmas trees after Boxing Day. This triggers a reflection on the 'sociopathy' of early tree removal, arguing that keeping it up until late January is the best way to honor the season.
I have two particularly reliable anxiety dreams. The first and slightly tamer of the two sees me at a party having the time of my life only to remember that I am 40, and I have left my children someplace else. The dream me tries desperately to sober up and find the party exit but when I do, it is revealed that I need to sit a uni exam on the way to the kids.
This aggressive seasonal transition has stayed with me well into adulthood and the timeliness of Christmas tree removal has become its own study. For what its worth, I’m inclined to think that keeping the tree on display until late January is the best way to really honour the season. Any time before that is simply too early and asks too much of us all. Depending on the level of earliness it might even be sociopathic.
In my hippy/lapsed Catholic upbringing the decorations were left up until January 6 because of … something to do with the Epiphany? After this time, the tree would be moved out to the yard to be gradually burned off . This seems, on paper, like a more respectful pace, but it is nonetheless premature. Most children are still home from childcare or school, and most adults are experiencing the emotional whiplash of the season.
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