Christmas

I think its a touch bit too early to post a blog on Christmas but....oh well I can't help it
Actually I just wanted to say "a touch bit too early" in a sentence haha...

So Christmas..how wonderful is Christmas? It is the greatest of all the holidays and as far as a celebration of something goes it would be my favorite of anything on any type of calendar there is..I dont know if I can say it's my favorite time of year because I generally dislike the winter months but Christmas and winter and snow go hand in hand so its all wonderful really.

To me Christmas has changed so much from when I was a little kid. I no longer try and stay up all night to catch santa claus, and I no longer try and wake up as early as I can so I can be the first to see the presents. My thoughts are no longer full of what I'm going to be getting or what I would really like. I no longer think of Christmas as a holiday where I am able to get things for my own benefit.

Now Christmas is about me thinking of how to help others. Christmas is an oppurtunity for me to be able to show how I care about someone else, it's a chance for me to express my love and appreciation to anyone in any way that I can. Possibly my most favorite memory of a Christmas is when my family did a 12 days of Christmas for another family that was having a hard time. I remember every single night for 12 nights we left something on their door and rang the doorbell and left without them knowing it was us, we would watch them as they took whatever it was we left them and to see the smiles on their faces. It is really really great to know that you have been able to bring a smile to someones face by being unselfish and just giving a little bit of something to another person that can make them so happy, and in the end that is what makes you so happy yourself.

My ideas and thoughts have in fact completely switched as far as how I view Christmas. Once it was a holiday for myself, when really it's a holiday for everyone else. There's something a little magical about this time of year, something that needs to be recognized and shared with everyone else.

But I think the biggest difference that I've realized about Christmas is the meaning behind it. Once I never understood these meanings and the purpose, usually it's just viewed as a giant party. It actually means a lot more to me in terms of religion, and of how important it is to make someone else's life a bit brighter, and hopefully I can try and do that everyday, anywhere, anytime. Not just now.

And thats the meaning of Christmas for me. :)