I Love Christmas!

I am a Christmas Junkie! I Love Christmas! I have always said that Christmas should be two months long. Halloween should be in September so Tick-or-Treating can be done when the fall nights are still warm and coats are not covering up those cute costumes. Thanksgiving should be in October, when the harvest has ended. That is what the celebration is about. And Christmas should be celebrated November and December. It is hard to get excited about Thanksgiving when all the stores have already got you hooked on Christmas. I am always ready to put my tree up before the Turkey Dinner is served but my family keeps telling me I can't. So you know what I do the day after Thanksgiving? Put up the Tree and all the other Christmas Decorations. I decorate almost every room in the house, put garland up the stairs, and lights in every window. I love lots of white lights. When I was little there was a house close to our neighborhood that had millions of little white lights everywhere. Even the trees and bushes outside were covered. I remember dreaming that someday I would have a house like that. I still have not seen that dream come totally true but every year I keep getting a little closer. I need to get a cherry picker to get to the top of my trees. I still believe it will happen!

Despite that fact that I love to decorate for Christmas. What I love the most about this time of year is The Spirit of Giving that seems to be contagious this time of year. We all seem to take a closer look at those around us and realize there are many who need our love and support and we then we do something about it. I have always thought it would be such a different world to live in if we could feel that way all year long. I believe our hearts desire to give this time of year because of our focus on Christ. We celebrate His life and remember the great sacrifice He made. It is a time we feel loved and blessed. And because we have been given much we want others to feel those same feelings. Everyone deserves to feel loved and blessed!