Christmas Wishes...

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other....

My favorite time of the year has always been Christmas and still is. Christmas day is also my mom's birthday so it is doubly special.  I remember from my childhood days when we would all wake up very early and my mom and dad would gather us all around the tree while still in our pajamas. My dad would read us a verse from the Bible.  We would all listen very attentively, you see my dad is a good storyteller and whatever he was reading to us always came out in the form of an enchanted story.  We all loved these moments and looked forward to it yearly.   Those days will forever be cherished in my memories and never be forgotten.  My parents continue keeping this tradition to this day.  Now my nieces and nephews also look forward to it...

I also realize the holidays are not the favorite time for many. Today everything has become so commercialized. Many in the younger generation look forward to receiving and have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas...

For me it's a time of sharing, and being with loved ones.  I like everyone do like receiving presents, but this is not what I think of when I think of Christmas....I remember certain aromas from little.  There was baking, cooking, decorating the tree, caroling and most of all there was lots of love and laughter all around us. 

Arvid is not crazy about Christmas...never has been, but I am hoping that little by little he will get more into the spirit especially since we have been spending Christmases with my family and they sure know how to get into the Holiday Spirit:)

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL

This year again Christmas will be spent with my parents and one of my sisters and her family.  We are both looking forward to this and even though it will be cold, for a few days just to be around family everything seems better.

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen....

~Nadiya~