@Nico91 1 December 2022

Darkness... And through the dark curtain of night, colored lights, pass before my eyes and I find myself in the past... An almost forgotten past... Maybe the rocking of the train is to blame, maybe the nostalgia of the memories that come to light, maybe missing something, it is certain that for a few minutes, I relived the sensation and frenzy of the winter holidays... A winter long gone!... The first thing I feel is the snow... Piles of snow, from a one end of the street to the other and screams of children and people laughing and sleds sliding, downhill and the inevitable "Pârtieee!"... The snow was the entrance to the world of celebrations, when people did not forget to wear the clothes of humanity, of giving... When on the face, the smile was tattooed!... In the soul, the impatience of a carol, which we were waiting to sing, at every house, was heard... ... The swaying of the train still leaves me, in a dark past, from which I would not want to return... And yet... Today, everything is grandiose! It's incredible what the human mind could invent, and with all that, nothing compares to the smell of home-made cakes,... to the poor log, dressed in cotton wool and the candles caught on hooks and the inevitable fondant,... to the frost which you could feel, down to the marrow of your bones,... with the laughter of impatient children, who were impatiently waiting for the little gift, under the tree,... the inevitable cut of the pig and its riding, after... And not in the last turn, the warmth of people's souls!... Now, everything is superlatively gorgeous, but so cold in the hearts! I have only one regret, that my children will never be able to tell their grandchildren about the joy born from traditions, which left an imprint on a human life! ... I still enjoy, like a child, December, colored lights and impatient, silent, waiting for Santa... that Santa, of my time! ... The next station ... And the robotic voice, coming from the speakers, brought me back to the present ... I took a deep breath, smiled nostalgically, tightened my coat around me and got off the train ... The memories they began to disappear, with each step taken in the new world...