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An Unusually Quiet Holiday Season

Title (Dublin Core)

An Unusually Quiet Holiday Season

Description (Dublin Core)

Our family holidays consist of fun get togethers full of traditions we enjoy. Thanksgiving is loud, full of chaos and laughter. Christmas means the entire family at my house. We make a ton of food, eat,
and open presents, have a Secret Santa and white elephant exchanges, which again are fun, loud and chaotic. At the end of the night we take a huge family selfie in front of the tree. This year it was just my husband, daughter and myself, no siblings, nieces and nephews, grandchildren, or great grandchildren. We didn't quite know what to do with ourselves after we opened presents so we watched movies all day then ate leftovers for dinner. My parents spent it alone for the first time since 1964. They were sad but they enjoyed reminiscing about their first Christmas as newlyweds. Although it was still a nice day, it wasn't the same. Once more, it reminded me never to take seeing family for granted. It is a precious gift. I hope and pray that this will be the only year we deviate from our family traditions.

Date (Dublin Core)

January 17, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Robin Keagle

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Robin Keagle

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Recreation & Leisure
English Food & Drink
English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Thanksgiving
Christmas
Secret Santa
movies all-day
dinner
tradition

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

pandemic prompt
holidays

Collection (Dublin Core)

Holidays

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Pandemic Prompts
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/17/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/10/2021
08/02/2022
09/17/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

01/17/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 17, 2021 by Robin Keagle using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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