I want to share some personal Christmas memories with you, in hope that they’ll inspire equally fond memories of yours.
*Grammie, in her 90s, effortlessly kneeling on the floor to open presents, and just as effortlessly rising up again. Man, did she have healthy knees!
*Sitting in Uncle Bernie’s lap as he read me A Christmas Carol. He didn’t have much lap room, but I was just a little child at the time. He had enough room for me.
*My father setting up and decorating the tree on Christmas Eve, after packing us kids off to bed. He always did the whole job in one night. No matter how early I came downstairs on Christmas Day, everything was there.
*Aunt Millie donning a Santa Claus mask to give out presents.
*The whole family, over a dozen of us crammed into Grandpa’s tiny living room, laughing uproariously as we played Mad Libs.
*Playing our new Clue game with my cousins, Joanne and Christopher, under their family’s Christmas tree.
I could go on and on, but you get the point by now.
Merry Christmas, everyone–and may this year’s Christmas spirit work for us all throughout the coming year.
The Christmas my brother and I received out first brand-new bicycles – freedom!
What sweet memories, Mr. Lee Duigon! I really like it when you tell a little about your childhood. Your memories make me imagine such a good and beautiful time.
I think it was! Yes, it had its faults. But it was an awful lot better than now.
That is true! My parents and grandparents tell me about their childhoods. Everything was so different! They say those were good times that will never come back.
It took a lot of work by a lot of bad people to shove us into this evil age. Now we have to work even harder to pull ourselves out of it. But labor in God’s name and in His service will bear fruit!
You’re absolutely right, sir. Even though things are as bad as they are now, labor in God’s name and in His service will bear fruit! Nothing we do is in vain, no matter how small it may seem.
Happy New Year, Mr. Lee Duigon! (:
And same to you, Katheleen! And to your family, too.