December 20, 2007

  • Thursday Thirteen #12

    Thirteen Traditional Things
    I'm NOT Doing This Season

    1.  No Christmas tree.  I've hung garlands with birds, berries, & pine cones in the doorways.

    2.  No large quantities of baked goods.  In fact, almost none.

    3.  No odd-shaped gifts to wrap.  Everything is in white boxes this year and will be wrapped with white paper (lots of wedding paper in stripes and with off white roses) with different colors of ribbons, making "who's getting what" even more mysterious.

    4.  No large quantities of gifts being given.

    5.  No hors d' oeuvres being served before ANY meal.  Nope, none!  Not even one celery stick or olive.

    6.  No plans for company to come to our home.

    7.  No plans to go anywhere.

    8.  No stockings hung by the fireplace.  I WILL fill them Christmas Eve night and put them on the floor in front of the fireplace.

    9.  No last minute house cleaning tasks.

    10.  No worrying about bedrooms being spotless or even remotely tidy.

    11.  No trips to the crowed mall to look at decorations in the department stores and mall walkways or to pick up last minute gifts.  No mall gifts at all this year.  MAY make a trip to look at the lights in the park.

    12.  No last minute trip (sometimes 2 or 3!!) to the grocery store for forgotten food items.

    13.  No worrying about everything being perfect.

    Our plans are to have a great family time and spend it enjoying each other's company, eating nice meals and desserts, making phone calls to out of state family members, and remembering the story of Christ's birth; regardless if His birth happened in December, April, or September.

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