Last evening, as I celebrated Christmas at my parents house, I realized how different Christmas is for me now as a married grown up. I remembered so many things that we would do during this time of year as a child. When my brother and I were really little, I would wake him up at 6am and we would talk for over 2 hours about what we think Santa brough us. My parents set a rule that we were not allowed to wake them up until 8am. Pure torture to 5 and 7 year old in my opinion, but now I understand why.
In my family, Christmas was always about Jesus and the Holy Family. My family & I are very active catholics, so we never lost the true meaning of Christmas, even when we were little. My parents taught us that presents were not the true meaning and the reasons we receive presents.
At home, each person takes us there own turn opening there gifts. One at a time. I love this method because Christmas isn't over in 5 minutes and you can actually see what each person has. Most people think this is absurd but even as a little kid, it taught me patience. Also, only one special gift was from Santa. The Santa gift was always a higher priced item and always something specific that we asked for. We weren't allowed to open that one until last. The anticipation lasted all morning and was so much fun!
I remember one particular conversation I had with my brother one year as we waited to wake our parents up. Talking about how we both heard reindeer hoofs on the roof and heard bells on Santas sleigh. It is amazing how much imagination each child has and it is something I miss as an adult. I think as we get older we loose imagination and loose faith more and more. The Christmas Season helps us regain the Christmas spirit, faith and the imagination.
My parents actually taped our conversation regarding Santa. I may be a bit biased, but it was cutist conversation I ever saw between two people. "Well, maybe Santa did this, maybe that, do you think he ate the cookies and drank the milk", did you hear the hoofs last night"? And on and on and on.......
While your with your families today, never forget how truly blessed we all are, and to never loose that fun imagination.
Sean & I left out cookies and milk for Santa this morning and when I woke up, they were gone! It put a huge smile on my face, and I loved that Sean did that for me last night after I fell asleep. It brought so many memories back for the both of us. Also helped us create new traditions that we can later pass on to our own children.
Merry Christmas Everyone & God Bless!
-Lindsey
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