Dear Christmas House

It seems that this year has flown by and Christmas has really crept up on us although  I am sure that this can be said by most of us every year.

However, last year was busy and although it flew by it did so in a different way. 2015 was a year that I really put full energy into the fight to get therapy that I had long been waiting for. It was a year that saw me fight for adapted and accessible independent housing for myself and the boys, the year that I stopped being a hermit and ventured back into dating and finally, it was the year that William's solo journey was coming to the end and James would be joining us full time.

In between this we had a cancer diagnosis for my Dad and the massive decline of health for one of my uncles. That was one long year but it was a massive progressive and changing year for both the boys and I; this year, however, has been living and dealing with the change.

I was really aware that it would be massively unsettling for the boys. Subsequently, I tried to find a fun and constant activity to focus on and with the run up to Christmas we decided to embrace our new location through the vast array of decorated houses.

Somehow through this we became the biggest Christmas light critics that the UK had seen with us ranking each house: "I think that only scores 4 out of 10 Daddy because they only have one type of coloured light and they could have made more of an effort"

However, through this we quickly "oooo" and "awww" the same houses that made us smile. I thought it would be nice to write a letter thanking these wonderful houses for bringing a smile to our faces in what was a hard year.

Here is William's letter:

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To the Christmas house

My name is William and my brother and I moved to Strood last year with our daddy.

To make us feel better we went hunting for houses with Christmas decorations.

Every day we went past your house and it made us smile because it was cool especially the countdown tree.

We wanted to say thank you for making us smile. We hope you do it again this year.

Happy Christmas

from William

It was a short letter but one that made conveyed the joy that we, as a family, had. 

With it written we just needed a envelope and for us to post it.

The boys were super excited to see that the house had already started putting up the decorations already and even said that they are looking forward to seeing the rest of it up.

It might have been an activity last year to help focus on something fun but the little joy that we got out of it made us feel that we should give it back; even if it was just a simple thank you.

We don't know if they will like it or if we will hear from them but none of that matters. It is the season of giving and filling people with a little cheer and I hope we did that.

What do you think? Do you like our letter? Would you have liked this if you received something similar? Or, has it inspired you to do the same?