Op-ed:
Christmas and Hanukkah COVID Style By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
The Christmas/Hanukkah season is
finally here but plans that once were are now questionable at
best... plans as to how we can...or should I say cannot... celebrate both the birth of one small child...a child in whom
salvation lives...and a warriors victory that saw the miracle of one
day's lamp oil turning into eight. A should be glorious time for
family and friends to gather together in love and harmony while
enjoying great feasts of food and drink...with Peace on Earth
hopefully lasting for a few days at least. But this year will surely not be
the joyous holiday season we all had come to expect what with the
politically weaponized virus from China hovering like the Grim Reaper
over us all. Or perchance will the true spirit of Christmas and
Hanukkah ultimately prevail? A most serious question in need of an
answer.
But sadly, it seems all we are left with are fond memories of mask-less Christmases and Hanukkahs past
for this year said virus not only continues to dominate
the 24/7 news cycle, but it has actually become the single overriding
factor in how we are tasked with going about our daily lives. And so
it appears that at least in the public venue, “We the People”
will once again be at the mercy of misplaced political leaders who
relish in dictating how we are and are not to celebrate what should
be the most beautiful time of the year. And their lists for us of dos
and don'ts, yes and nos...with no ifs, ands, or buts allowed...is a
long and tedious one...a list that we who celebrate the “Twelve
Days of Christmas” and/or the eight days of the “Festival
of Lights” can never wholeheartedly meet...nor do we really care to.

And dare we forget that what
appears on the surface to be this year's “humbug” holiday
season actually started on Halloween, the holiday of candy and
devilish pranks that over the years became synonymous with every
dentist's worst nightmare. Halloween 2020 was what amounted to a
no-go what with
few kids in costumes going door-to-door...and that can be blamed on their parents media-driven
fears that the always marauding COVIDS now lurked behind each, every, and all of
their neighbors doors. And so the candy bought but not given out
ended not in the tummies of ghosts, princesses, and superheros, but
was relegated to melt in trash cans or...gasp...ended up in many a
parents mouth where the sweets helped to pack on even more
pounds thanks to all the COVID affected exercise activities still
disallowed.

And Thanksgiving this year was little
to no better what with leftist politicians begging and pleaded with folks to stay
sheltered at home, basically saying the hell with family and friends.
Saying we should look forward to spending this Thanksgiving with the
same immediate family members who for months we've been locked up in confinement with, but still by all means enjoy stuffing yourselves silly
with turkey, mashed potatoes, and of course pumpkin pie, caring not a bit that
everyone's last nerve is probably well frazzled by now. And try they
did to get us to buy into their propaganda that continued home
confinement would be lots better than dealing with family drama and
unneeded expenses that always seem to pop up right before, during, and after
what really this year should have just been called "Turkey Day." And while many complied...sheeple usually do...many others thankfully said we've damn well had enough of this virus,
we're going to enjoy the holiday with both those we love and those we
cherish...bring on the turkey...I'll take a leg.

And next came Hanukkah, the
“Festival of Lights,” where families still
gathered...albeit in mandated small numbers...to enjoy delicious stacks of latkes deep fried with powdered sugar and applesauce off on the side,
while young children merrily spun dreidels in a game of chance with
chocolate “gelt” (coins) wrapped in gold foil going to
both the game's winner and losers. And while their parents hoped this made
up...sort of...for all the Halloween candy not gotten or happily
eaten, the Hanukkah candles were lit one at a time for eight days in
row, while the adults hoped that the glow of Hanukkah's God-granted
miracle would drown out the COVID scare tactics still hanging over
all of their heads, including the fact that synagogues sadly remained
closed due to too many COVID mandated religious restrictions.

And now in a few days comes America's
first COVID Christmas. And while many a tree will still be dressed in
holiday splendor with gifts carefully wrapped and tied with red ribbons and bows
wait under the tree to be given to family and friends who will
gather together to honor the Christ child. And for Christmas
dinner maybe even in this most unusual of years there will be both
pineapple-glazed ham and cookies in holiday shapes to be shared by
children and grown-ups alike, who together will try to forget the
virus from China for at least one day and one holy night...a night
where few Midnight Masses will be held what with churches, like
synagogues, being ordered to remain closed as religious services help to spread COVID they want you to know.

So even as most Christmas trees
do remain standing, we then will be faced with the always rambunctious
New Year's Eve celebrations where almost anything goes...a time to
let off steam over the nightmare year that was...which I'm sure will
be replete with it's own list of what we can and cannot do, think or
dare say...with booze off limits and most bars being closed...just more muscle flexing by the “do as we
say not as we do” political
crowd. Simply, more partisan driven mandates by those still
hopped up on a sugar cookie and eggnog high...while the New Year's
Eve ball will be lowered to non-existing Time Square crowds who've
been ordered to stay home and watch it on TV like the multitudes of
we non-New Yorkers do year after year. It is and will remain COVID season after all...and
on New Year's Day we'll all be reminded of just that.

And sadly, while all I stated did
indeed come true on Halloween, on Thanksgiving, and on Hanukkah too, the
Christmas and New Years scenario I just laid out does not have
to be for “We the People”...we
conservatives at least...can make our own
holiday miracle happen by uniting together and saying “no...we've
had enough” wearing of masks, social distancing, and other such
mandated balderdash and won't continue to do so over what's left of this now
abbreviated holiday season. And while the election-stealing incoming
powers that be will surely extend this nonsense through the whole of
next year, including their ordering us to again all “shelter in
place,” a nasty little politically weaponized virus from
China allows them to think they can do as they wish.

So with that I say we instead flex our
conservative political and spending muscle by “shopping 'til we
drop” with purchases happily made from the local “Mom and Pops” still open for business, and that we also start frequenting local restaurants again. And to that I add that we go “all
out” with our Christmas decorating this year by “decking
the halls” with boughs of holly and surely a whole lot more;
that we set up a creche in our front yards if we so desire; that we
light up our house fronts with lights galore; that we trim
our trees until they sparkle and shine bright; and that we sing Christmas carols even if we're slightly off key.

And let's not forget to enjoy both Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day dinner with us alone deciding the number of
family and friends we can invite; and that we go to Midnight Mass (if we can
find one that is) at the church of our choice before we relish in our
children's glee when Santa appears with gifts for all the good little
girls and boys. And last but not least do enjoy a glass of the "bubbly" if
one so desires as together we ring out this old most horrendous of
years and ring in what we pray will be a better new year.
And so I leave you with this...may your
holidays be bright, may your prayers be answered, and may God Bless
and continue to watch over America again. Merry Christmas to all and
to all a goodnight.
Copyright © 2020 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
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To read but a few of my many past
Christmas articles click on the titled links below and it will take you
directly to the article. A
Military Christmas...Past and Present, On
Christmas Trees and First Ladies, A
Counting Song or Religious Truth, Christmas
Traditions vs. Christmas Naysayers, and A
Politically Correct Christmas Is NOT Christmas.
************************************************************************************* For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, The First Christmas... Rebooted.
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