It is 11:21 and I should be asleep but instead I'm enjoying the fact that the event of Christmas is over. Sounds very 'bah humbug' doesn't it?! But, Christmas is such a busy time...that I'm feeling relieved that it is over. Expectations are met. Life that has been counting down for the past 30+ days is done. Kids are happy...everything got finished and what didn't get finished no longer matters.
The jedi robes that I spent hours making over at Mom and Dad's were a hit. I finished them up on December 23rd at 10 PM. As I was driving away from their house at 10:10, the neighborhood when completely dark. Thankfully for them, they only lost power for 5 minutes or so (my grandpa was without power for 3 days). But, I was so thankful that I was done sewing before the lights went out. I then spent another 2 hours finishing attaching the frogs before going to bed. Next year someone really needs to talk me out of making homemade gifts for the kids! They cause too much stress.
My Christmas cards were sent out on December 23rd. I had a great picture to send this year and I really wanted to send out the cards...but I didn't get around to it very quickly. However, the USPS did a great job of making sure that many of the recipients received them on the 24th. Go USPS!
Santa did most of his shopping via amazon. Becoming a member of prime allowed everything to get here by Christmas. Somehow there was never any time to shop this month.
This month was CRAZY! I don't even really know why. I'm not certain what made the time pass by so quickly and not leave room for anything else. We didn't do many of the things that we would have loved to do...but we did get our gingerbread village completed. The kids got to participate in the St. Louis Christmas parade. We visited Santa at Cookies with Santa and then had an encore visit at our house a week later. We got to see E preform as a 'We three king' in our church's Christmas pageant, and E and I had a date to The Very Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the local theatre. So, we did a few 'Christmas' activities...but not too many for the craziness that I feel like occurred.
So, here I sit. Thankful that it is over and that I'm sitting here with my feet up without the 'Christmas to-do list looming'. Do you think the heavenly citizens 2,000 years ago breathed a sigh of relief when Jesus was successfully born and the 'gift' was given? Did they think, 'Oh thank goodness...he's Mary and Joesph's problem for awhile now.' Did the thoughts of, 'Yes, the heavenly hosts did a phenomenal job...never thought they'd be able to pull it together.' cross their minds? What did they think about their big Christmas 'event'? There had to be a bit of celestial planning for that event...and it had to give someone a headache! :)
Anyway, I am glad the 'event' of Christmas is over. Tomorrow, we'll clean up. Tomorrow, we'll go back to a semblance of 'normal'. Tomorrow, Jesus will still be discussed as a baby but the 'event' of Christmas will be over and we can just sit back and enjoy the baby and the reason that we go crazy for the first 25 days of the month.
Merry Christmas to all!
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