The week started for me very badly I had terrible breathing problems which seemed to continue and I was feeling real bad and anxious. When I thought of Christmas Eve I panicked, I saw a huge mountain of problems arriving and finally decided that I couldn't celebrate Christmas Eve with my family. I am not at all in the mood to celebrate Christmas. I would be a bad company too.
The cold weather had warmed up and it was raining when I had to go to the city hall to pick up our tickets for the Gospel concert. The Christmas market which I hadn't seen although it was just around the corner, because it was too cold, was already dismantled ! It had been open for two weekends and nothing in the middle. Don't know why.
Anyway it was small and nothing special. Energy crisis ? But when I see people coming out of the shops with overloaded caddies, I wonder where the economic crisis is.
The city had organized a Gospel concert for the Seniors and my three neighbors dragged me with them, I thought maybe it does me good and anyway they needed a driver because two never learned driving a car and one doesn't dare anymore.
The concert was nice, but a white men choir didn't have the special voice for Gospel songs. Fortunately a black lady with a wonderful voice saved the show ! In my opinion only black people can sing Gospels there is something special in their voices. The men stood there like clothes racks and didn't move at all while the black lady had the rhythm in her blood and moved ! Of course I had seen other Gospel groups and could compare, but for most of the oldies it was the first time. After the concert we were offered Champagne and cookies. The other years we also got little sandwiches. They probably have to raise the city taxes.
The rest of the week I spent with shopping and filling in my freezer which I had emptied and cleaned. I also made Christmas cards and emailed them.
At the end of our street they demolished a few houses with such enthusiasm, that the wall of the house next door collapsed. That looked quite weird because we could all see the bathroom and living room. The people had to be evacuated and those in the other houses too. This caused a huge traffic jam on our otherwise so quiet boulevard.
And with this "adventure" my week ended.
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Merry Christmas Gattina. That is very bad about the collapsed wall. The same has happened here at times, with medium sized developments.
ReplyDeleteHello dear Gattina. It's so worrying to hear that you're not feeling well. I hope you're doing better and that you're able to find some comfort and relief.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I absolutely love the way you write about the gospel choir. I completely agree with you that only those who put their soul into the words can really sing well. When you sing from the heart, it's like your whole body gets involved and the music takes on a whole new level of meaning.
Lieve groetjes uit Nederland
Lots of Love out of the Netherlands.
Merry Christmas to you! I do hope you feel better and want to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your feelings about Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Europe is having a mild winter, not like the United States.
ReplyDeleteHave your self a great holidays.
Coffee is on and stay safe
I'm sorry for the breathing problems and hope that's better now. I understand about not being into the merriment of Christmas this year with all that has gone on, especially the loss of your husband. But I hope you can still spend some time with family.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those people prone to stand still when singing--I have emotions, but don't "emote" in public in front of others well. Recently our church had a joint service with a predominantly black church, and they were much more physical in their worship.
That's awful about the neighbor's house losing the wall!
Best wishes for a special if quieter Christmas.
I hope you are feeling better now. Yes, Gospel music originated with African American singers.....however, those of us who KNOW music (who can actually sing and we move with our worship) can also sing gospel style....we do it in our church! everyone worships differently however and maybe this choir was told to be more "professional" as a group. Glad you enjoyed the female singer at least!
ReplyDeleteThat's awfl about the walll! wow!!
Here in eastern NY we only have a slight covering of snow but out in the western part of the state near Niagara Falls/Buffalo they have 29 inches!! they can keep it. It's cold here but sunny and NO snow. most of it melted the day before xmas eve when we had rain.
I hope you enjoy the week and look for the blessings.