it's the day we celebrate the LORD's birthday soon. So in my attempts to build some family traditions for my little ones, I am decorating my house on 1 dec, putting up the tree. I have decided to go with a real tree in a pot and try my very best not to kill it so we can have the same tree every christmas :)
I have even started buying gifts. Downloaded a heap of christmas carols from iTunes so I can play them every morning like my Dad use to when i was growing up. Listening to 'Mary Did You Know?' How amazingly true this song is.
When our saviour was born to such a young Mum, did she know how amazing he would be? I doubt she would have fully comprehended this. Even as the events unfolded at his birth and she stored all this away...nothing would have prepared her for his ministry, death, resurrection.
She dropped into the background like every good mum should as children grow and take on the world. There is no mention of her after Jesus' death. But I would hope she was one of the many he appeared to in person. Imagine that scene??? Wow! Did she think back to when she held him as a baby? The funny baby noises he made, the giggles, the tears she wiped when he hurt himself, when she put him to sleep at night and prayed over him?? Her little boy stood before her as Saviour of the world. The tears of joy she must have cried at the sight of him.
I love Christmas time. I love buying gifts so this is a great time for me. (one of my love languages!). Christmas is at our place this year- that happens on Christmas Eve for us. I have lots of plans to keep the kids entertained till midnight. Setting up an outside area for them, kind of like a club house just for them...i hope the grown up kids wont invade.
This year having a couple of drinks - cocktails because one of my cousins is away for New Years so doing a combined thing. Lots happening. Myles' family is coming from NZ. Their first Chrsitmas without their Mum. I remember my 1st Christmas without my Dad. Very sad. So hopefully being surrounded my lots of kids, and laughing grown ups, music and yummy food...might cheer them up a little.
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Well, I have begun my xmas shopping and it is now feeling like Christmas here what with the bitter cold temps (29 degrees fahrenheit this a.m.!!) but we still do not have snow in my part of NYS. The mountains to the south of us got 8 inches!
And the mts to the north of us got about 12 inches the other day. We only saw flurries. Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving so will be away to my husband's side of family on Cape Cod for 2 days....enjoy your xmas decorating!
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