Friday, December 26, 2008

What a great Christmas...

We had a wonderful Christmas. The weather turned out fine (after all the dire predictions) on Christmas Eve. That was my favorite time! We all set in church together & sang Christmas carols and then took communion. After that, we lit a candle and sang Silent Night. The kids were so reverent and sang right along with us. I think they know the words to every Christmas song -- including Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer. It was just the perfect Christmas Eve.

Hope your Christmas was everything you hoped for. A few years ago I realized why I felt such a let-down after Christmas. I figured out that I had set myself up to have this movie Christmas & somehow Christmas never lived up to my expectations. Not sure if it's age or what, but now I just want to have time for church, to feel peace in my home, spend time with those I love & to have really good food. Now all that bothers me is that I know I have to take all this stuff down but I'm not going to be in a hurry. My Mom always believed that it was bad luck to take your tree down before New Years so I'm not taking any chances.

It was 66 degrees here today & even now at 8:00 we've still got the back door open. Sage is spending his 2nd night with us & he played on the back porch with Play Dough tonight. It's all over about noon tomorrow -- the cold front is moving in. Happy Saturday!






2 comments:

Doreen Frost said...

It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas. I'm so glad you have found peace with your Christmases and are able to enjoy them and not be let down :)

I always leave my tree up until after New Years..it's much nicer that way :)

Have a wonderful day
Doreen

Lilla Blanka said...

Hi!

oh it sounds very nice! My Christmas have been very cosy and nice too.

Oh yes, the packages are so cute! Glad to inspire :)

Have a great weekend!
Mia