Simply having a wonderful Christmastime

Standing on a dot affixed to the floor of an empty coffee shop on a Saturday morning in Frankenmuth waiting for the only other patron in the coffee shop to finish his order. It’s a single man six feet in front of me ordering a triple shot of espresso. 

 I’m staring at the empty pastry case in front of me. There’s a reflection in it of the tiny lit up Christmas tree standing behind me next to two poinsettias. It’s Saturday morning, two weeks before Christmas Day and Frankenmuth , aka “Christmas town” is empty. The states covid mandates are decimating tinsel towns most spirited time of the year. I notice the Christmas song playing that fills the air: 

“The moon is right

 The spirits up 

We're here tonight 

And that's enough 

Simply having a wonderful Christmastime

 Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 

The party's on

 The feelin's here 

That only comes 

This time of year”

 The atmosphere around me in Christmas town doesn’t reflect the mood of the song...suddenly I feel Like Paul McCartney is lying to me.