Songbird admonishes us:
It's true.
There are only five full days before Christmas Day, and whether you use them for shopping, wrapping, preaching, worshiping, singing or traveling or even wishing the whole darn thing were over last Tuesday, there's a good chance they will be busy ones.
So let's make this easy, if we can: tell us five things you need to accomplish before Christmas Eve.
OK, this IS easy. On my reduced schedule this year, most things are done. I still need to:
1. make fruitcake cookies (this will happen today)
2. make broccoli salad, twice--for a party tomorrow night, and for Christmas dinner, which we are NOT hosting
3. haul a large frozen turkey, which we did not use at Thanksgiving, to the home of our friends with whom we will be having Christmas dinner
4. wrap one more present for the Scientist, after it arrives
5. listen to my favorite Christmas music, rest and consider the Lord's coming
May the peace and joy of this season enfold each person who reads this...beyond all the sermon writing and last minute service planning; beyond all the cooking, baking, shopping, and wrapping; beyond the travel hassles; within and beyond the grief that this season heightens for many; may Christ be born anew in us all.
9 comments:
Hope it all goes smoothly, and that you still have some energy left when all the items are checked off!
(Word verification: defuse. Ha. Shouldn't we all?)
sounds like you are feeling a little better....hope all goes well...enjoy!
Promise me you are not personally hauling the turkey?
No, I promise!!!
But...(hanging my head)...I pushed a grocery cart today.
Thank you for #5 and also for yoiur mini sermon at the end. It helped me a lot.
The end was uplifting and what I needed. You don't sound too hassled, which is good. Thanks.
My mom makes fruitcake cookies. Funny, I don't like fruitcake, but I *love* fruitcake cookies!
I finally asked my parents what time we should show up. check that one off the list ;')
Hey..wanna post that broccoli salad recipe???
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