Decking the halls and filling the balls with holly may seem far away to you, but let’s be honest: Christmas is right around the corner.
I loooooove Christmas. Minus the shopping, the stress, the obligatory gathering, and the weight gain, I loooooove Christmas. I realized it’s because I love birthdays and since it’s Jesus’ birthday I love it even more. So much so that last year I threw a Happy-Birthday-Jesus party. You think I’m kidding, but I’m as serious as a heart attack.
I printed out party games and everything but my family vetoed my idea [Grinches and Scrooges that they are]. I did, however, bake a cake and force everyone to sing happy birthday to Jesus. Afterward Ryen and Parker got to open up a few gifts IF they answered questions surrounding the birth of Christ [that was my mother’s idea… yes, crazy runs in my family].
Christmas means more to me than presents and decorated Douglas Fir trees. It’s more than Black Friday and carols. It’s more than egg nog and mistletoe. It’s about the birth of Jesus. 🙂 So let’s celebrate his birthday together!
Join in the Christmas fun if you’re in the San Diego or SoCal area for one more events in two weeks! I’ll be speaking at Horizon Christian Fellowship’s annual Christmas Tea on December 5th and 6th [7pm] and at Whittier Area Community Church on Friday December 9th for their annual women’s Christmas event. I’d love to meet you and say hello! Click on the links for more information about the churches and their events. 🙂
So spill it. What are some of your crazy holiday traditions? I know my family isn’t the only weird one! 😉
PS: For those who cared, I folded all my laundry and disinfected all of my restrooms. Thanks to a toothbrush, bleach, and Kaboom, life is a bit brighter.
Every year, my family takes a little red wagon, walks to the grocery store, and buys a tree. Usually, one of us is embarrassed or in a bad mood 🙂
I LOVE it! 🙂
My friends and I used to have a “Ham Party.” It all started when a close friend/next door neighbor came over saying he had a large ham he had gotten for Christmas from his employer, but he didn’t know how to cook it. So, I volunteered to cook it, and our roommates joined in along with several other friends. The only rule was if you came, you had to bring something to add to the feast. So, we ended up with a VERY delicious ham, mashed potatoes, cheese dip and chips, pizza rolls, and various other random food items you don’t typically find at a holiday dinner. For the next several years, we had Ham Parties, and the food was always random, but the company was always fun! And it was a fun way to have a little holiday cheer when we were all living away from our families.
The first sentence of this cracked me up.
Its “Deck the halls with boughs of Holly” Not…decking the halls and filling balls with holly” 😉
Christmas Eve at my folks include horror movies or action flicks. Genre’s I both despise, genre’s everyone else LOVES.
DAYGO!!!
On my dad’s side of the family, we draw names. The gift you give either has to be handmade by you or purchased 2nd hand. The person that gives “the best” gift gets their name engraved on a placque & keeps the placque for the year. Gifts are sometimes funny – often bring good tears – usually personal to the person receiving the gift. I think the best was a quilt my niece made for her grandmother. Each “square” was a piece of clothing from one of her 12 grandchildren! My personal favorite was given to me the year my mom went HOME. It was silver locket (purchased 2nd hand). My cousin had inserted pictures of my mom & dad.
Le sigh.
Someday……
I’ll be there on Dec 9th at Whittier Community church. Can’t wait!!
I love you,
Mom
i love that you did a happy birthday Jesus party!! my mom did some of those when we were younger- so much fun!!! keeps our hearts in the right place for this amazing season 🙂
I wish Christmas were a bigger deal in my family. BUT.. we work together all week so the last thing we want to do is “celebrate” ANYTHING (birthday, anniversary, etc) together.
My dad however drives around as Santa and gives away toys that he bought to kids.
Ho Ho Ho who wouldn’t go to a party for baby jesus