Santa Baby Jesus

That would be one of those "before and after" category puzzles on Wheel of Fortune. But however you get to Christmas, 'tis the season, so they say. And as much as I want to just be a scrooge, I can't. Let's face it. Holidays are hard for people- financially, time-wise, extra "family togetherness". LOL. But I just can't help but love it anyway. Maybe it's because I get to eat a lot of good food and wear bulky sweaters to cover it all up. Maybe it's because I understand and appreciate that we celebrate Christ's birth. Maybe it's because it actually makes my busy daughters stop and think about something they want and ask for it and have to...what?...patiently wait on getting it? We live in such an instant world these days. Want it? Order it. Express deliver it please! Look it up, find out, get the scoop, know the answer, get the score. Wow. Do you wonder how we survived "back in the day"? I know how. We just didn't care as much, and that was OK with me. I am guilty, just like anybody. I go to the internet and 2 minutes later, the information is in my brain or whatever I ordered is on it's way to my house in the "blink of an eye". Magic. Kinda like Santa. But it's good for kids to have to wait for things every now and then. Shoot, it's good for us all to have to wait sometimes. But back to Christmas...It's just funny to me how things have changed. I used to wait FOREVER in big long lines to see Santa. Why? Well, to tell him what I wanted for Christmas. Because if I didn't tell him, he didn't know! I took the girls to see Santa today and I had to remind them to tell him what they wanted for Christmas-because all they were saying on their own was, "Cheese" to the man behind the camera. Totally wrong purpose for seeing Santa, huh? But that's just the way it is. I do have a nice photo though. Gotta appreciate commercialism for what it can get you I guess...since that is its purpose. Well, the way this month is going I don't know if I will post again before Christmas. So if I don't, have a very merry christmas. Try to remember the real reasons we do what we do. We celebrate Christmas because of Jesus Christ-or at least us smart ones. We see Santa to tell him what we want for Christmas, and we have extra "family togetherness" because we love each other. Yep, can't be a scrooge. Family time is a wonderful thing. Don't take it for granted. Merry Christmas!! Surely I will write before New Year's, but if I don't, wear big hair that night. My bible study class is trying to ring in a year from the 80's again instead of 2008. Think it will work? Maybe if we get some candles. Make it like a seance? Wouldn't go over in a baptist church? Kidding. About the seance, not the party. We are seriously...going all 80s. It will be fun though! And if you read this and don't know me, you are wondering if I really am this much of a dork, and the answer to that is...like totally! Think I could get some leg warmers shipped to me from the internet? I'll know in about 2 minutes. Happy Holidays!