In the past one month, I have made 60 Christmas cards and 90 ornaments for my friends and family as Christmas gifts! Each with love, care and conscious thought. And I could have made and distributed more had I not tired, I am sorry to anyone who I have missed. I am blessed to have such an abundance of wonderful people in my life and I realize this, especially during this time of the year when counting my blessings is a part of the tradition. My heart has been so many places, in love with so many faces, and touched by so many hearts. The best gift to give these people, I feel, is something made from my own heart and hands.
I know a lot of people who choose for Christmas to be a financial woe and a stressful or chaotic period. I, on the other hand, have elected to consciously make Christmas a peaceful occasion. Three Christmases of being on my own now (not having gone home to Nfld), here is what my own tradition is looking like: making all my cards, gift-giving only with my immediate family, no credit card use, lots of dinner parties (and parties), Christmas movies, hosting of Christmas dinner with 13+ people invited over, and volunteering on the mornings of Xmas eve and Xmas day. I love the Christmas spirit (when it is happy and unstressed!) and I wish we could jar it up! I especially love the evening walks I’ve been taking as so many homes are decorated with lights! Any lit-up home is a good thing, even if just one string, and no such thing as too tacky!
Grateful holidays to you!
