Maybe I could have decorated my house like it was when I was a boy. But why bother? I was now alone during the holidays. My parents were dead. My friends were busy with their families.
If this were a Christmas movie, I’d decorate—and then people would suddenly appear to celebrate the season with me!
But this is real life, not the Hallmark Channel.
The decorations could collect dust another year.
I headed to the kitchen to heat a can of soup for Christmas dinner.