It's beginning to look alike like Christmas...

Christmas is a necessity.  There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.  ~Eric Sevareid

Tis' the season to be jolly. How do these songs ever pertain to Texas if we are always in the 70's?It's the time to pull out my Glee Christmas cd and the constent different renditions of Christmas music on the radio. Don't get me wrong I do love christmas music but after hearing them in  so may different ways you can't help but want to change the station, but catch me in July and I will gladly listen to any Christmas song.As I sit writing a list of people I'm going to give cards to, I can vividly remember the Christmas cards  my mom taped to the china cabinet, there where so many that they covered the entire glass you could hardly see all the gazillion tea sets my mom has (forbidden to touch). I do have to ask myself though: Have people lost their Christmas spirit? By no means am I calling anyone a Grinch but as years have passed by the cards seem to dwindle down. The shelves seem to always be stocked during the season. Maybe it's the crisis in the economy or people just don't want to buy new Christmas items, whatever the situation maybe I hope we all remember the true reason for Christmas. It is wonderful to recieve presents(really hoping for season 2 of Glee :) ) but we must not blind ourselves. Christmas is the season where we celebrate the birth of Jesus. A child born for just one purpose, to die for all human life so that we may have eternal life. It is sad to think that in this great and special month a child was born to die for people then and now, but you must look at the bigger picture. It was God's unconditional and unfailing LOVE that allowed for such a tragic yet joyful event to happen. So remember when your gathered around the Christmas tree to truly celebrate the reason for the season-JESUS

Peace, Love, and Joy

Blessings
-Ashley

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