I'm working on my Master's in Christmas Spirit this year...last year I talked a good game about simply enjoying your family and not stressing about what you can't do. That was easy for me to do at the time. This year with settling into our new move, school and jobs I may have to dive deeper into that "simplify and focus on the true meaning of Christmas".
We move into our new place this weekend and at first I breathed a sigh of relief. My internal plan was to be COMPLETELY settled in by Saturday night and then Sunday after church I can get my Christmas decor up...which will already be out. I forgot that our new living room set will not have arrived yet and may not arrive for another two weeks unless a Christmas miracle happens. So I can take a chance and put the tree up and have the 50% chance that I may have to move it before Christmas or I can wait until the last possible second after the furniture arrives and put the tree up. To most people this is not an exercise of their restraint, but I love being surrounded by Christmas decorations more than any other celebratory part of the holiday. This is definitely taking some determined focus on the meaning of the holiday for me this year!
P.S. - Does this mean that once my decorations are finally up I get a pass to keep them up long after the Christmas season is over?
2 comments:
I personally think you should be allowed to keep your Christmas decorations up as long as you like!
I don't like to admit this publicly but one recent year, our's were up till near Valentine's Day!
Becky
Thank you Becky! That is the pass I need! I don't think I will get much resistance from my husband either ;o)
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