Merry Christmas!
Are all of you ready? Julie had this great idea of having me list some things that might help each of us have a more memorable and meaningful Christmas.
Julie and her family are planning on caroling to an assisted living center tomorrow night. In the past, my family has purchased candy canes, lots of them, printed up a note that said, "You've been Candy Cane!", and taped the note, with dozens of candy canes to the doors of our neighbors, who had young children, or were elderly with no family around. We would do this very quietly, then ring the doorbell and run as fast as we could.
Here are a few more that might help:
- Politely decline requests that will take you away from family.
- Play more Christmas music.
- Donate gently used items to a thrift store.
- Go Christmas caroling.
- Avoid “mad rush” shopping times.
- Say thank you as often as possible.
- Schedule a night to help another person or family.
- Call someone you normally wouldn't to wish him or her a Merry Christmas.
- Forgive someone
- Read "Christmas Day in the Morning" by Pearl S. Buck
- Have a candlelight dinner and invite your children if you have any
- Make Hot Cocoa from scratch
- Shovel someone's sidewalk
- Play secret Santa
- Make a list of all those things that you are thankful for
- Watch together a classic Christmas movie or classic Christmas cartoon (see above)
- Waltz with someone special to Peggy Lee's "Christmas Waltz" (see above)
- Reflect and tell stories to your family about a special Christmas that you had while growing up
We truly wish all of you the very best holiday wishes!
The Cosmo Cricket bunch!
