Christmas is for kids....

The birth of our Lord, is for all of us to celebrate...

but the holiday of Christmas is for the kids..

It is always so neat to watch a kid walk up to the Christmas tree, on Christmas morning..  Even if you put the tree up early.. it is still cool when the kid first sees it...  Their eyes lit up, with the color of the bulbs, and wonder of it all... how tall it is.. the tinsel that hangs, the lights that come on.. and blink...  It is a wonder land for them.

And then the morning of Christmas... the excitement as they run to the tree... all the presents... and if there is any that aren't wrapped, like a bike.. well, it is over the top.  Trying to slow them down is a trip and half... trying to write down who sent what to them... is not easy either... when they are toddlers.. they don't understand the need

to thank those who sent presents.  It is just all this color and all this paper that they can tear off..  They will even do yours, if you aren't careful....  And how many of us have let them help us unwrap  ours?

But when they get to be teens, it isn't the same. Kind of nice, when the teen appreciates the trials and errors of getting the right present.

But after they are grown and moved away.. well, it just isn't the same. You get to the point, you don't care if you put up a tree or not.  After all, it is just another day, just like your birthdays become...

And that is why God gave us grandchildren...  (smile) 

But even they grow up and move on... 

So Christmas comes.... it is coffee and maybe some coffee cake, as you stroll into the living room... you pick up the present for your spouse and hand it to them.. and you pick up your own... .............

You open it... tell them thank you, give them a kiss... sit and watch what ever is on the television that morning... drinking your coffee.

Oh, yea... you might look at each other and say.. Merry Christmas.

That is why I would never do Christmas as some others do.. open the presents on Christmas Eve...  after all, when you get up Christmas morning what is there to do??? sure is a big let down... and makes me sad. 

Makes it just another day, like yesterday or tomorrow.

No big deal.

So live Christmas thru your kids, and grandkids eyes... and enjoy it. They grow fast.. AND TO ALL MY READERS...

see you next week... enjoy your family.... 

MERRY CHRISTMAS....