Feeling Like Charlie
I confess, I am in a bit of a spot. Like Charlie Brown, I just don’t have the Christmas Spirit (yet). Our tree is up and it’s beautiful this year. The house is decorated inside and out. Christmas cards are going out this week. I sang in a fantastic Christmas concert on Sunday. Some presents are bought (though not wrapped and under the tree yet), and others are planned.
But the economy stinks. My husband’s business (he’s been a small business owner for 17 years) is suffering and I work part-time for a nonprofit. College tuition and insurance all comes due in December. Fortunately my kids are not looking for the “wow” gift, but I wish I could come up with one and give it to them anyway. The weather is warm which just shouldn’t be in December (if I can’t have snow I at least need cold).
But all is not lost. Perhaps this is the year I am forced to look beyond the tinsel and wrapping paper, the lights and the music. I didn’t think I had forgotten the true source of Christmas joy – but perhaps I have. I shall set my eyes upon the miracle birth of our Savior. No money, no lights, no tinsel required.
Think like the Whos in Whoville!
It is too warm though.
Shelia you’re much further along than we are. No Christmas tree, no gifts wrapped (but plenty have been bought!), and my wife and I still can’t come to an agreement on what hotel to book for our four day “pork run” to Dubai, UAE.