Magic of Christmas

The Christmas season is nearly over and I was thinking today staring at the nativity scene at church.... whatever happen to the magic of Christmas? When in our lives did Christmas become a HOLIDAY instead of a SEASON.

I try not to start my early shopping usually because I'm not finacially ready but another reason is I want to "feel" the season. You know where the music is playing "you better not cry ,,,you better not pout" . The store fronts have the Goodwill bell ringers ...jinging away. People have list in thier hands and phones making phone calls-- " They don't have any blue dressed ones...just green ...is she going to like the green" . Baking goodies and Christmas lights. Now thats Christmas!!

When I hear a lady with phone in tow, basket full of turkey, ham, and all the Christmas dinner fixings hollering into her cell phone " you have only given me one thing you want ..and I can't find it..and you are not helping me by not giving me another idea!" . I thought to myself...gee whats happened. Whats happened to all of us.

Now adays you have kids giving thier parents a list. We wrote letters to Santa ...hoping he might be lucky enough to have one or two of those items up in the NORTH POLE. When we were old enough not to be writing the letters we usually requested things ---wait .. I don't EVEN THINK that requested was what we did . We would say something to the effect ... I saw something that was really nice at "Penneys- etc" . Same thing with us adults...what happen to the element of surprise when someone handed you a gift and you shook it and imagined what they got you or the thought they put into it. Now you catch us saying " is this the dress-game-coat, I told you I wanted?" . Don't get me wrong..its not good with your'e stuck with a useless gift and have to take it back....but what happen to the surprise part. It just seems so commercialized when we put it in those terms.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think of Christmas as a season where we put our trees up , enjoy the hustle and bustle , family, food, church, and a time for reflection of our lives in the past year. The Three Kings showed up with 3 gifts.... I don't remember seeing where Mary and Joseph told them what they wanted. Nor was the season over - snap... just like that. It lingered on for several weeks. Wished we could all be that way.
Told you I was gonna be thinking today..and I bet you wish I could adjust to 'change' ! Oh and for the record... Gary did ask me to tell him a few things I was wanting...and sure enough he got me one . Oh well ...looks like I need to work on myself not telling him . HaHa!