I very much hope you all are able to enjoy this season, whether you’re celebrating Christmas or Hannukah. It’s the season of joy and love that brings smiles to all our faces.
Sunday, I had lunch with Cyndi
and Bill at their house—roast chicken, baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar,
fresh salad and topped off with her homemade chocolate pecan pie and brownies.
It was a good deal more than lunch; it was more like a scrumptious Sunday
dinner!
I brought along a small tin of
Christmas questions to be used as a memory jogger and conversation starter.
What a hit that was! Questions like: What is your favorite Christmas song? What
is a treasured memory you have of Christmas? Do you have a special ornament and
what memories does it evoke? What is your favorite Christmas food and what
story is associated with it? What is
your favorite Christmas tradition? And a few other questions, all of which got
us thinking and remembering and sharing stories from long ago. We had a wonderful
time reminiscing and telling stories the others hadn’t heard. I highly
recommend this activity when you get together with loved ones, or even not so
loved ones, this week. You never know what you might learn about a person and
what that person realizes he/she hadn’t thought about in years. You’ll bring a
smile to that person’s face as well as your own. What better gift is there?
So Merry Christmas, Happy
Hannukah to you all and may we all go into 2023 with a renewed spirit of hope
and love. And above all, let us not forget the reason, and the child, we
celebrate this time of year.
I’ll see you next year!
Quote of the Day: Christmas waves a
magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more
beautiful.
