Christmas is here...well less than a month away. It is absolutely, without a doubt my FAVORITE time of year. I love everything about it: the trees, the lights, the music, the church services, and even the shopping. I just think the atmosphere and air seem magical at Christmas time. This year we decorated our house the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Justin got all our boxes down from the attic and set up our trees (we have 2 big ones and 2 small ones: one in each of the kids' room). When he plugged in our big trees both of them had huge sections of lights not working. After working on them for a while, we decided the one in the living room was not able to be saved and we needed to buy a new one for our living room. I was devastated because I loved my tree. I loved the fact that I had the option of doing just colored lights, just white lights, or both together. After getting our new one and putting it all together I was really pleased, even though I would still love to have some colored lights on it too :)
I was really letting this hurdle dampen my Christmas spirit. But, as usual it all worked out. I needed to stop and remember that Christmas is NOT about the decorating (even though that is super fun and special), but about the birth of our Savior. Justin and I are teaching Malone and Jagger that Christmas is one big birthday party for Jesus. All the trees and lights are decorations for the birthday party, the presents are a reminder that it's Jesus' birthday, and Santa Claus comes because he loves Jesus so much that he wants all the boys and girls to help him celebrate.
I have seen several people post, blog, or talk about not being in the spirit this year. I know our society turns Christmas into one big, commercial event, however, Christmas is what YOU make it in your own life and home. I CHOOSE to have the spirit, have fun, and remember what it is all about.
No comments:
Post a Comment