One Week

In just a week, it will be Christmas. Oh, what have I left undone?

Let's see...we got the tree and the decorations up right after Thanksgiving, so that's done. We've been able to enjoy them for almost a month now. The snow arrived...though I am confident that my order was for it to arrive next week, not this one. Oh, well. Perhaps this is just a test batch. Of course, I'm also hoping nature got my order for the snow to be removed on the 26th. That's DECEMBER 26, not March.

The ham is ordered for Christmas Day. We'll pick that up next week. The menu is starting to take shape, but I'm sure I'll need to go to the grocery at least one more time before the big day.

Presents...ah, yes. Most of them have been purchased, but none of them have been wrapped. Got to do that. I keep thinking I'll do that when the kids go to bed each night...why do I fall asleep before they do? Maybe tonight. And there are some yet to be purchased. I don't remember being this hard to buy for when I was a teenager! (My parents might think differently...)

Yes, yes, the stockings are hung...well, not by the chimney, but still with care. We did that when we decorated.

We've picked out a movie for our traditional trip to the cineplex on Christmas Day, and we've even managed to squeeze in watching some Christmas favorites in the last few weeks. "Elf," "The Heart of Christmas," and a few others. Still need to squeeze in a version of "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life."

We've made plans for our time off after Christmas, our time together as a family. Travel plans are made and hotel reservations are placed. Not sure exactly what we'll do when we get there, but my vote is for "little to nothing" and for turning off the cell phones! :)

What else? What else? What could I possibly be missing? One week to Christmas and I feel like I'm forgetting something still. What could it possibly be? It seems like I'm overlooking something that makes this more than just an ordinary holiday, at least for our family. But what could it be?

Wait...there's something about a baby with this holiday, isn't there? Oh, right, wait a minute...this isn't a holiday, is it? It's a birthday.

Well, look there, way down at the bottom of the list, there's a check box for "Jesus." That's right. This is his birthday celebration, isn't it? So many of us put so much time into planning our celebration that we forget it's really his birthday, not ours. One week until his birthday celebration. Perhaps I ought to move some other things around so that my heart can have room for him. On second thought, erase the "perhaps." Because if I leave the Christ out of CHRISTmas...it's really just a "mess."

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