Friday, December 19, 2008

Friday Five: Countdown to Christmas Edition

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:

DogBlogger said...

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?)

Terri said...

sounds like you are feeling a little better....hope all goes well...enjoy!

Unknown said...

Promise me you are not personally hauling the turkey?

zorra said...

No, I promise!!!

But...(hanging my head)...I pushed a grocery cart today.

Diane M. Roth said...

Thank you for #5 and also for yoiur mini sermon at the end. It helped me a lot.

Jan said...

The end was uplifting and what I needed. You don't sound too hassled, which is good. Thanks.

Rev Kim said...

My mom makes fruitcake cookies. Funny, I don't like fruitcake, but I *love* fruitcake cookies!

Stratoz said...

I finally asked my parents what time we should show up. check that one off the list ;')

Princess of Everything (and then some) said...

Hey..wanna post that broccoli salad recipe???