Tuesday 4

 Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4, hosted by Annie!

 

Yesterday was the day after Christmas and the final day of Hanukkah. There are only a few days left in 2022... Let's talk about it.

1. Many stay home and even go to bed early on New Year's Eve. What are your plans and do you have reasons for what you do?

There was a time when Mr D and I went out for New Years Eve every year, that was when Mr D was playing with a band.  The band wives always sat at the 'band table' and we had to welcome the new year by ourselves!!  Now, it's totally opposit, you will find us at home on New Year's, snuggled in and watching television.  We'll be up, we seldom go to bed earlier than midnight.

2. Guy Lombardo was a traditional fixture on TV and then Dick Clark and his Rockin' New Years Eve took over. People ate certain foods, bayberry candles were burned for luck. It seems that lately tradition and not just for New Year, is being forgotten and lost on so many fronts. What traditions in life are important to you and remain steadfast in your life?

I still observe the tradition of eating black-eyed peas and cabbage on New Year's, I don't really believe they'll bring me good luck and wealth, we just love peas and cabbage.  My Mother did it and Mr D's Mother did it . . . so we do it too!!  I will confess, we have missed a few years lately, health issues keep me out of the kitchen so we have to go out to get our traditional New Year's meal.

3. The New Year is often a time to reflect on what has transpired and many make resolutions in an effort to improve their life. Do you count the cost of time and tradition in your life? How do you handle good times and bad times and do you forge ahead or get mired down?

I try to handle good and bad times with grace and lots of faith.  It's not always easy and it's taken me many years to learn, a smile and joyful attitude heals many wounds and helps to solve many problems.

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

4. In ancient Israel, the new liturgical year began in the Spring with Passover.. a new beginning. The Civil year calendar began on Rosh Hashana and 2022-23 is the year 5783 on the Hebrew calendar as of September. How important is the liturgical calendar in your life? Do you take notice of religious holidays and times? Are the holidays more religious or secular for you and your family?

I do not use a liturgical calendar although I do observe all the Christian Holidays or Days of Observance.  Christmas and Easter are about Christ, not Santa nor the Easter Bunny.  When my children were little Santa did leave gifts and the Easter Bunny hid eggs, but they knew the real meaning of each of these special days.  My thinking is, everyday is a religious day if you believe in the Lord. The Bible tells us, this is the day the Lord has made!  That refers to each and every day and He should be praised each and every day.  BTW, I don't like that word, 'religion.'   I don't want to be religious, I want to have a relationship with the One Living True God.  

This is the day the Lord has made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:26

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