Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas! Celebrating
the birth of our Savior is one of my favorite times of the
year. I just always feel guilty shopping, or
decorating before we take that incredible day this month to "Thank"
God for all of our blessings. Thanksgiving is one of
my favorite holidays also.
As a child, my three brothers and I would get up and watch the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade-anticipating the arrival of Santa
Claus at the end. Doesn't that teach us
something? Santa waited until the appropriate time-the
end of the parade-to make his appearance.
After the parade-we would get dressed and head to my Aunt Virginia
and Uncle Charles where our very large extended family would
gather, (My Aunt Virginia was my Grandpa Wiley's
sister. They had ten brothers and sisters-I was
blessed with a lot of aunts and uncles and tones of
cousins!) At Aunt Virginia's we would eat a huge feast
and spend time playing games like Candyland, Trouble-with the
"pop-a-matic", and Sorry. After dinner we would always
go across the street to the old school and play hide-and-seek or
football. It was a blast.
The day after Thanksgiving was when we officially kicked off the
Christmas season. There were no Christmas trees up, no
lights turned on-until the day after Thanksgiving. The
only hint that Christmas was coming was the fact that the Sears and
JC Penny's Christmas Catalog's had come in October.
That's how it should be! Remember to focus on
Thanksgiving and counting all of our blessings (at least for the
next two weeks.)
According to the rules of the "Morning Show with Ted-Home Edition"
You can go ahead and hang up your Christmas decorations-just don't
light them up until the day after Thanksgiving!
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