Well hello readers, After quite a long absence I decided to come back for a post I have wanted to do for awhile about your favorite holiday and mine... Christmas!
To many people the Christmas season means hours and hours of searching for gifts in overly packed stores who cater to the bargain shopper by offering the big .5% sale , or cleaning your house for the throngs of relatives and friends to come over for that over-indulgent dinner that leaves you with the cleanup that would be considered a 3 yr project by the EPA. As I am writing this I am looking at the pile of gifts that would send any toddler on a never ending adrenaline rush in the morning and although most were bought against my prodding, I am thankful for the ability to make Christmas morning an exciting "event" for my little girl. I also cannot wait to tell Mackenzie the "real story" behind this holiday, the one that doesnt include the jolly fat man and 8-9 reindeer and the only gifts mentioned are some perfumes, oil, and gold (back when it was only 3 drachma an oz.) lol.. I want her to have the understanding of how and why Christmas can be celebrated the way it is today without having the feeling that it HAS to be celebrated this way. I dont see the need push any religious beliefs down her throat at such a young age but her knowing that celebrating Christmas like we all like to should only be done knowing that wasnt how it started.
This Christmas she gets to enjoy the unwrapping of all the dolls, toys, clothing and such while in the next yr or so I get to enjoy teaching her the real meaning of the season as well as the popular beliefs. I want her to come to me and ask me if Santa is real as well as asking me if Jesus was born in a barn (I can really just hear that question now). I want her to ask me the names of the reindeer and the names of the 3 wisemen and above all I want her to ask me what I think Christmas is all about ... I really cannot wait to have that talk with her.
Heres to everyone who shares or chooses not to share my beliefs on this subject.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! ;)
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