Christmas through the Eyes of the Child

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Hello Friends,

 

Shall this post offend the most devout "non-religious" members, I do

sincerely apologize... However.... This born and raised Christian,

has no choice but to continue to celebrate Christmas... For those who

are against American materialism.... cover your eyes......

 

*big sighs of relief* are heard echoing within me lately on the thoughts of Christmas...

 

The joys of Christmas seen thru a child's eye:::::

 

Glitter, tinsel,

Presents under the tree

Cookies baking,

Elaborate shopping sprees

 

Santa, songs

Green and red door wreaths

Snow and sleighs

Frost bite and chattering teeth.

 

How much I enjoyed Christmas as a child..... To grow up and become a

parent, and have to deal with the judgements of such extravagance...

The Commercialized Christmas! Oh my..... Pointed remarks about how we

have allowed the "truth" of Christmas to dissolve into the very things

that made Christmas wonderful for children...Thus began a yearly moan

of such things as shopping, and baking, and decorating... Oh, dont

make me participate in this holiday that doesnt honor Christ

anymore... I began to hate Christmas. And I would do my "yearly" duty

of pushing why we had Christmas. Forcing the kids into Church

activities, .... Remember!!! Remember!!!

 

REMEMBER WHAT???????????

 

What I couldnt remember is all those wonderful things that made

Christmas fun.... Rich or poor {and we were poor, btw} We never knew

it when Christmas came, my mother would go out of her way to provide

the most wonderful Christmas season and sensations... Those very

things I tried to take away from my children.. Those very things I

was denying myself, now that I was an adult {AND KNEW BETTER}

 

Oh, this year, this wonderful year... And like any holiday that this

wonderful world celebrates..... regardless of who or what they are

honoring or remembering, or celebrating.... Taken down to the Eyes of

the Child...

 

What is it that they see, and adore...

 

 

Glitter, tinsel,

Presents under the tree

Cookies baking,

Elaborate shopping sprees

 

Santa, songs

Green and red door wreaths

Snow and sleighs

Frost bite and chattering teeth

 

 

And that is what I shall enjoy this year, as I celebrate Christmas the

way it should be... With joy and excitement, just as a child.

 

Merry Christmas little children, rejoice and have fun.

 

 

 

With Delight In Light and Love

Lynette"may I always endeavor to write from the

heart"www.geocities.com/poetic_delight/