deck the halls with naught but you and me.

Can you still have Christmas without the Christmas dinner?
Without the Christmas cookies?
Without the stockings on the staircase?
Without the deco?
Without the Christmas tree?
Without any presents?
Without Christmas shopping?
Without gift-wrapping?
Without the carols?
Without Santa?
Without the gingerbread men?
Without candy canes?
Without Christmas movies?
Without friends and relatives?


Of course you can. For nothing can ever strip away the true meaning of Christmas.
Luke 2:10


So as bare as this Christmas may seem, it will still be Christmas.
It's just so hard.