11 Days Till Christmas !!!!!

With 11 days till Christmas and the presents getting ready to flow, and some jolly old guy in a Red Suit, getting ready to go HO, HO,  the holiday season is here and many are thinking of cheer, but few are thinking of the New Year! People I see rush too and fro, hoping to buy presents for each person they do know, money is tight and things are not right, but come Christmas Time we all make it through the day and night!

11 days of Christmas, on the 11th day before, we all run out the door, looking for gifts to give and a way to make some smile and live.

Then on the 10th day before Christmas, we hear from people we haven’t for years and  for some of it it brings laughter and for some others  it can bring tears. But we make the best!

9 day before Christmas, we rush about putting up decorations and trying to clean and make it all pretty. Then we buy our wrappings and ribbons and bows, and listen to the store Santa’s with  their HO, HO, HOs

8 Days till Christmas we start to plan the menu for meals that are so grand. The hams and the turkeys and the pies and the cakes, all of that sugar gives our bodies the quakes.

7 Days before Christmas the candy canes come out, hung on the trees and all about/ The red and the white and the white and the green, mixed in with the lights of all red, white and green. The lights start to flashing and Santa’s lite up, making us all realize it’s a special time ahead before we go to bed.

6 Days before the big day and the children all wake, wondering if they will get what they want for  goodness sake. The visions of toys and clothes go thru their heads, as mothers and fathers watch them as they go to bed.

5 days till Santa will come flying through and each child tries to behave, being good they think will get them more, ah what a way to be, when it all doesn’t matter to Mommy or Daddy.

4 Days till Christmas, and the lights blink on and off, the paper wrapping can be heard  being unrolled and ribbons and bows start to flow. Gifts slowly being wrapped and hidden you see, for no one wants the presents , they all can see.

3 Days till Santa and the anticipation builds, and kids start being enchanting and not making thrills. They begin to behave and shovel the walks and yes they even start listening as their parents do talk.

2 Days till Christmas the music starts to play, Rudolph and Frosty and White Christmas they play. People hum the tunes and rush all about, trying to finish the shopping without a shout!

1 Day till Christmas and , things slow down, the final wrapping is done and the presents spread  under the tree all around. The pile grows bigger as the hours go by, and the kids all stare with a happiness in their eye.

Then Christmas Morning,, the house is all quiet and silent, everyone is still asleep, when out of  bed the littlest one does creep. Down the stairs  they rush you see, staring at all the presents underneath the tree. Checking each one to see what is theirs, then suddenly here come the  sisters and brothers. They work all thru all the gifts , each making a pile for themselves to see. Now the excitement fills the air, as at each wrapped present they stare, they can’t wait any longer so they start to make noise. Waking their parents with all of their joy.

The day begins as Dad brings the garbage bags, and mom makes the coffee  before it begins. Mom gets the camera and Dad slides next to the tree, handing out presents and watching the kids laugh with glee. One by one they open  each gift. each proclaiming, How I wanted this!

Happiness has arrived you see, but it is not the gifts that’s makes me smile you see. I sit back in my chair and watch the smiles all around and the hugs and the kisses and listen to the happy sounds. It’s the feeling of family and of care and knowing it will be the same the next year!. So when you stop on Christmas Night and all the presents are unwrapped and the kids in bed just right, do what I do, and pray to god, for you have been blessed with family and health, and it does not matter about the wealth. The meaning is simple, the story so pure, it’s the love of the giving that makes it worth more!  

If you give from the heart and you give from the soul, in the end it is that which makes you whole!.