Christmas Cheer

Adam and I have been watching a Christmas movie each night for the month of December (meanwhile I watch a couple each day while I fold laundry, eat breakfast etc…).  After we watched Elf this was part of the conversation we had… Me: “I don’t think you have very much Christmas Cheer” Adam: “I have a normal person’s amount of Christmas cheer…unlike you who has a crazy amount of Christmas cheer like Elf”

I am the kind of person who feels just a little happier wearing Christmas socks, I still wake up unreasonably early on Christmas morning, Christmas carols play in my head all day and night, I love the movies where someone who hates Christmas but because of the magic of the season becomes a good person/falls in love/finds their family etc…, I can’t hear the story of Christmas enough, I love waking up early the day after Thanksgiving to brave the malls, I love picking out the perfect gift for my friends and family and I especially love them watching them open it, and I love everything else that goes along with Christmas (the lights, the decorations, Santa, the kindness, the giving, the cookies, the parties). 

I honestly love Christmas, realistically I love all holidays, but Christmas is in a whole other category of love…picture a 5 year old who sees Santa Clause, or listen to a child tell the story of Baby Jesus…that is Lindsay at Christmas.  I thought maybe my love of holidays especially Christmas wouldn’t be as overwhelming this year…not because I am unhappy…but because I am not in a classroom making holiday crafts, singing holiday songs with children, or reading stories out loud to 20 starry eyed children.  I thought that not hearing Christmas stories from children, and not being surrounded by children that believe in Santa, not being surrounded by decorations and music as I go about my life, not being in church to hear the Christmas story, not shopping for Christmas presents (I finished the shopping a while ago since we had to ship the package); would all be the cause of my loss of Christmas cheer.  It seems like nothing can take away my “crazy” (to quote Adam) amount of cheer this Christmas. 
I LOVE that my Cheer isn’t affected by my surroundings.  My Christmas cookies aren’t coming out just right (I blame it on the low quality ingredients), our Christmas tree has no lights and is only 3 feet tall, the presents under the tree are actually empty boxes wrapped for decoration, I can’t watch ABC family/Hallmark channel/Lifetime Christmas movies 24/7, we don’t have a church here in Huizhou…meanwhile Christmas is still Christmas, the season still feels special, and Lindsay is still like a child at Christmas.  I for one can’t wait until my little boy understands and loves Christmas as much as I do!

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