Christmas is for Children

I noticed a strange phenomenon as I drove up my street the other night.  Almost no one had Christmas lights on their houses, including us.  Most of my neighbors have kids the same ages as mine so they are all grown and gone now.  I guess, like us, they all realized that we put up our decorations for the wonderment of our children and when they aren't there to see it, we don't feel like doing it anymore.  This is the first year since we moved into this house that we haven't put up our lights.  The inside is still decorated because everyone is coming home for Christmas and they wanted it to look the same as always.  It was tough to do it though.  Every night I look around and realize that they aren't here to enjoy it.  Since we are never outside at night and they won't be either, we didn't bother with the outside and I find it interesting that my neighbors didn't either.  I guess we all realized at the same time that Christmas really is for children and, oh, how I miss mine.