My wife loved decorating for the holidays. We’ve got boxes of Halloween decorations, which were promptly replaced by Thanksgiving decorations (thankfully including a fair amount of crossover of the more generic fall decorations). Then starting the day after Thanksgiving, the big swap to Christmas.
It certainly feels different without her touch around the house. My son didn’t want any Halloween decorations this year. I tried to do a bit of Christmas last year, and may do a bit more this year.
It certainly makes the holiday season harder without her around. It’s just not the same. And I suppose it never will be. Perhaps the best we can do without our loved ones is to find a new normal that we can live with.
—Peter