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Charlie Brown
By Tammy Derouin
I recently went to a Christmas program
where the music from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special was played
by the students. That unmistakable sound reminded me of a simpler
time, childhood.
Try to explain the reality of life
prior to cell phones and internet to those who do not know life any
other way and you get a blank look or a look of disbelief, possibly
followed by an outcry of no way!
There was a time when you had to wait
for everything. Patience is fast becoming a lost virtue. The world
of technology has provided us with the capability of getting instant
result, which comes with many pros and cons. Instant food, news,
communication and entertainment does have benefits but we also lose a
little too. Lack of patience, short attention spans due to constant
stimulation, as well as the inability to use one's imagination,
without an electronic device, are on the con side.
Childhood memories are typically filled
with the activities you do with friends and siblings. My generation
and the generations before me, didn't have the electronics or the
world at our finger tips, like we have in today's world. We had to
entertain ourselves by being imaginative at a simpler level.
During the Christmas season memories
come to mind of those holiday Christmas specials from so long ago.
When you think about it, television programs were special because you
had to have patience for the next weekly episode. A feeling of
anticipation was in the air. A holiday special was an event, a
special event, because you had to wait until the actual holiday to
see it. If one of life's obligation prevented you from watching the
long anticipated special, you had to wait until the following year
for it to repeat. There was no such thing as recording it to view at
a later time, renting it or pushing a menu button on the TV remote to
find it listed for your viewing convenience.
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