Some Things Should Never Change…..

When our normal lives have been swept asunder under the wrath of an invading scourge of the pandemic, what do we do, where do we travel, with whom do we gather? I know this has been our family’s norm for almost two years now.

Now I have been somewhat accepting of this, but when it starts affecting Christmas again, I protest!! This morning I put on my pink Christmas shirt that my sister made me at least 25 years ago. I have donned that shirt every Christmas Eve every year, but this year, I look all festive, and no place to go!

Now there are somethings that should never change at Christmas, including my shirt, like a feast of ham and sweet potato and green bean casseroles, egg nog, and chocolate fondue, pecan tarts and peanut brittle, and a bit of oyster stew. We need grownup grandchildren, upon visiting Grandma, looking to see if their special ornament on their special grandchildren tree, is still there!,

We need Christmas carols, and cantatas, and someone somewhere singing, Mary Did You Know. We need Bing Crosby with White Christmas, and It’s A Wonderful Life, and Charlie Brown’s Christmas. We need the Grinch to remind us that even the hardest hearts can change. We need Rudolph to tell us that the “bullied” can sometimes save the day!

We need Christmas pageants with shepherds and wise men, we need candles lit everywhere to remember Christ’s bringing light to the world. And we need reminding that, as a dear former pastor reminded us, that God tore open the Heavens to send salvation to the world, with his omniscient knowledge, He touched our hearts with the perfect gift, a baby!,

God Bless Us, Everyone.