And you’re welcome for putting
that little ditty in your head. I couldn’t help it. I
do have a feeling that next week’s going to be a fun week. Just look at all the bloggy excitement taking place:
The Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash – Jerri at Simply Sweet Home has invited us to participate in the weeklong carnival she’s holding with four other bloggers. From homemade gifts and crafts to trees, recipes and traditions, they’ve got it all covered.
The Christmas Tour of Homes – Formerly hosted by BooMama, this virtual homes tour has moved to The Nester’s place! On Monday, link up a post with photos of your house, all decked out for the season. And remember, as
The Nester says, “It’s not a contest! No perfect decorations allowed.”
My Favorite Things: Six Weeks of Free Stuff – Every Monday until the end of the year (including next Monday), Sarah Markley is giving away some of her favorite things.
Around the Table with Tami – Every Tuesday in December, Tami is hosting a virtual cookie exchange, and every Thursday of the month she’s hosting a gift idea exchange. She’s giving away Homemade Gourmet products during each carnival.
And don’t forget that
Simple Mom is helping us create a more peaceful Christmas with her 12-week checklist of ideas, from budgeting and shopping to traditions and decorations.
Last, but most certainly not least, is my very own carnival. On my very own birthday!
Okay, so the birthday doesn’t really have anything to do with the carnival, other than sharing a date. Or maybe it does. Because though my parents worked hard to prevent the usual disappointments associated with a December birthday, it can still be a bummer to be born just one week before, you know, Jesus.
But just like we decided that we don’t
really need handmade costumes and intricately carved jack o’lanterns for Halloween or fourteen elaborate side dishes and a Martha Stewart-approved centerpiece for Thanksgiving (not that there’s anything wrong with that), let’s
give up on a perfect Christmas this year.
Did you forget to buy a present for someone? Break all the Christmas cookies? Break the news to your nephew that Santa Claus
might not be real? Get frostbite while Christmas caroling or perform an embarrassing solo at the office party? Or accidentally
electrocute the cat with Christmas lights?
Or what about the year that you just plum forgot the real meaning of Christmas and got too caught up in the busy-ness and
the business of shopping and cooking and decorating and partying and hosting and mailing?
Spill the beans. Let the
electrocuted cat out of the bag. Tell us all about it.
Let’s
Give Up on a Perfect Christmas. Join me next Friday, December 18. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, and we’ll give away this Lisa Leonard necklace!
In the meantime, tell me how your Christmas season is going so far. Are your Christmas cards in the mail? How much shopping do you have left to do? How many Christmas cookies have you already eaten? And most importantly (and a question I need to answer, too):
Have you made time to hold on to the holy?
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