I’ve noticed this feeling every year just before Christmas. It’s as if there are two spirits in the air, the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of something else. There’s just a different feeling, a kind of warm and wonderful world where all is peace and love and practical matters, well, they don’t matter. Admittedly, there’s another aura of hurry and worry and short tempers but I prefer to ignore that one as much as possible.
I think I may go a little bit crazy, but it’s a very nice feeling. Someone cuts me off in traffic and I whisper, “May the Lord bless and keep you.” I encounter a short-tempered driver and meet his impatience with, “Have a great day.” Clerks in stores evidently are affected too. They chat in a cozy manner while checking my purchases.
With Christmas just around the corner, I must do a lot of holiday baking and candy making. After all, I want the air to be filled with the wonderful smells of cookies and pies and fudge. And, it never hurts to do a bit of nibbling on those confections because it is my responsibility to make sure they taste as they should. After all, Christmas is coming and those calories will not stick. They don’t even count!
Those enticing gifts in stores, online, and in catalogs tempt me to raid my piggy bank for just one more purchase or maybe three. After all, this season comes only once a year and wouldn’t it be nice to give something totally unexpected and wonderful?
Houses and yards have never looked cheerier or merrier or cozier. Lights glow, trees glow, people glow. It’s wonderful! Now, if I could just put all this euphoria into a bottle and open it during the cold months of January and February when the bills come in, the pounds pack on, and the tinsel and embellishments suddenly look tawdry and out of place. But most of all, if I could just bottle that feeling of good cheer and sincere liking if not love, I would sprinkle it on the rest of the months and make Christmas last all year.
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