Trying to get everything done
before the holidays begin or end is really quite frustrating isn’t it? Busy
streets for driving, busy stores for shopping, busy restaurants for eating,
foul weather and internet failures with incorrect package delivery are all a
part of the frustration that is a part of the holiday season. And with all the
hustle and bustle of people around us, I sometimes find my Christmas cheer turning
into Christmas irritation and anxiety in trying to make the perfect holiday–THE MAGIC–happen.
I remember so many times
during the Christmas season where the hustling and bustling of my mother and
father paid off and they always somehow, seemed to create the perfect setting that happens this time of year.
The quick trip to the
mountains after Thanksgiving dinner to cut the perfect tree… The trips to the
grocery store to buy the perfect ham or turkey for dinner… The aroma of
Christmas with the simple warming of a pot of potpourri simmering on the stove. The pot contained the welcoming scent of fresh cut apples and cinnamon sticks
that floated and filled the air of our home with a sense of tranquility and
peacefulness. (This is definitely something to be experienced at least once in
one’s lifetime)… The stockings “all hung by the chimney with care”…The painstaking
labor of splitting all that wood in the fall, that helped create a warm and a picture-perfect fire as we gathered round to open that one Christmas Eve gift. The
Christmas Eve gift, you might ask? It was always a pair of homemade pajamas
carefully fashioned and sewn by our sweet mother to, "help us sleep better," she would always say. And then off to bed we would run to await,
what felt like an eternity, the arrival of good ole St. Nick who would complete
our Christmas by delivering toys and gifts to those of us kids who were naughty or nice.
(sigh)…Now I don’t want to
take too much of your time away from your loved ones on this special day, but as
I sit here staring at my Christmas tree with its bright lights and color being
reflected in my window pane and my Christmas music playing quietly in the
background, I am ever so reminded how lucky I am to have the family and
friends I do…my greatest gifts.
And with Christmas Day here and the hustle and bustle of getting ready for this day now behind us, we just wanted to take just a moment of your time to say “THANK YOU” for another great year. Your reading our blogs, your thoughts, your comments are something that we look forward to and cherish. Enjoy your family, enjoy your time together and continue to make those memories–THE MAGIC–that will last a lifetime.
And with Christmas Day here and the hustle and bustle of getting ready for this day now behind us, we just wanted to take just a moment of your time to say “THANK YOU” for another great year. Your reading our blogs, your thoughts, your comments are something that we look forward to and cherish. Enjoy your family, enjoy your time together and continue to make those memories–THE MAGIC–that will last a lifetime.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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