The youngest brother was over
last evening to put up and decorate the tree. I had said “no tree this year”
and Erik said “If Amanda and I put it up, decorate it and take it down, can we
have one?” Well, okay, I agreed grudgingly. However when they came over I was
in there like a dirty shirt, putting hooks on the new bulbs I had bought 2
years ago, going downstairs and hauling up other decorations, putting on Christmas
music and generally enjoying myself hugely. It does not pay to be a Grinch at
Christmas. What is nice is the good fellowship of family as we prepare to
celebrate the family time of the year.
For most people Christmas is not the holy time
of yore, it is a time to eat, drink and be merry. We can be philosophical and
say “Jesus wasn’t even born in December; this time of year is the Viking winter
solstice celebration; and so on and so forth”. However for myself I do like to
think about the holy side of Christmas, about the nativity story and the
ultimate theme which is that there is hope for Peace on Earth.
As my mama always says “we can
always hope.”
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