I took down several boxes of decorations from the attic over the weekend, in the hopes of decorating the tree and house in the next few days. We got our very full tree on Saturday...next year, we need to keep in mind that trees always look smaller in the outdoors than they do in your living room. We're not quite like the Griswolds, but our tree definitely dominates the room. On the upside, we will have no problem at all finding a place for all of our ornaments (which are abundant, given the fact that we were married less than a month before Christmas and received tons of ornaments that we love!). We started watching Christmas Vacation, our favorite Christmas movie, on Saturday night but were lame and fell asleep at like 10.
In addition to my decorating, I have some baking plans this week with my new gingerbread cookie mix and cookie cutters (wonderful anniversary present from the husband :)), so I am super excited to use those and fill our house with wonderful aromas of Christmas.
+
=
I am hoping mine somewhat resemble these!
To study and keep at the forefront of our minds the true meaning of Christmas, we have been reading passages in the Bible each day that correspond with what we're learning in church during the season of Advent leading up to Christmas. This week, it's the last 7 chapters in Isaiah, and last week was the book of Ephesians. In the midst of rushing around trying to find gifts (usually last minute for us), getting frustrated about crowds and traffic, squeezing in as many holiday parties as possible, and having our houses looking perfect, it is far more important to embrace and longingly anticipate the coming of Christ and the celebration of his birth that is Christmas.
No comments:
Post a Comment