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The Old Holiday Spirit

Eight days and nights of Chanukah
  is a little much for me
I've gotten to that 'golden age'
  where it's really hard to be

Happy, happy, happy
  morning, noon and night
I'd just like to go to sleep
  once I light the lights

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 12/23/2021 8:05:00 AM Love this write. You are missing out on gifts??? With Christmas and Chanukah you would have 9 days. Hope you are OK. Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah................................... Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/2/2021 8:32:00 PM I agree "I've gotten to that 'golden age' where it's really hard to be" - it is so hard to be here. So incredibly hard. Login to Reply

Michelle Faulkner Date: 12/2/2021 6:10:00 PM I feel the same way about New Year's Eve - we're usually asleep by 11! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/2/2021 6:30:00 PM Interesting. If you stay up 'til 11 where you live, then you potentially can watch the ball drop in Times Square, NY, and State & Madison, Chicago. Who needs midnight, anyway?! LOL. :) gw

Rico Leffanta Date: 12/2/2021 10:54:00 AM Never rush to sleep as you have eternity to enjoy that . . . . Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/2/2021 6:28:00 PM haha. I used to feel that way about sleep, a big waste of time... Over the last few months, however, I've suddenly become a big brown hibernating bear! Cheers, gw

Charles Messina Date: 12/2/2021 4:24:00 AM My father was Italian, my mother was Jewish. She converted to Catholicism so we always celebrated Christmas. For the past 8 yrs I have been dating and living with my Jewish girlfriend. Her son lights the menorah and sings the prayers. I love it! My mom would be proud...Happy Chanukah, Gershon. ~CM Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/2/2021 6:20:00 PM Message of the season: A little light dispels a lot of darkness. Thanks, CM and Season's Best! :) gw

Quoth Theraven Date: 12/1/2021 7:09:00 PM Gershon, Very light-hearted write, the eight days in light. Though I wonder how many years you've kept it, your very own menorah. -Richard Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/1/2021 7:14:00 PM Well, ever since I was bar-mitzvah, I've lit my very own Chanukah menorah, Richard. Let's see that's 39 years. Plus a few (lol) more... Light and Joy, Gershon

L Milton Hankins Date: 12/1/2021 6:05:00 PM I hear you loudly and clearly, gw. I just can't take too much celebration nowadays! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/1/2021 6:10:00 PM Yeah. I hear. Such a shame though, isn't it?! Well, it's off to another candle-lighting ceremony I go. (Oh, no!). It'll be great once I get there, I'm sure. ~ Revved up