Outside Christmas lights hang from several evergreens in my yard. They brighten up the dark Christmas sky and make it feel that the birth of the Christ Child is happening probably right down the block.
The wind is howling but there is little snow and temperatures are not below zero.
Inside the house is bright with old, old lights and Christmas Decorations. The fireplace is blazing; sort of the centerpiece of indoor decorations but on the mantle is this tiny Japanese Christmas house village that is very old and as beautiful as any tiny Christmas village ever has been.
In the dining room there is a beautiful flocked Christmas tree with many ornaments that are a hundred years old. I wrote about the troubles I had with that flocked tree this year but when I look at it, it positively glows and radiates the good news of an ageless birth as well.
Like I have had since I was about four years old, every bedroom in the house has a Christmas tree in it and the den has a fresh tree that scents up the room wonderfully.
I look under the tree and realize that I have forgotten to get and wrap a toy for my dog Fallie. No time to sit here and admire the house. I had better get to a pet store and buy him something for Christmas morning. He doesn’t care a whit about the present but the unwrapping of it is his cup of tea!
So, from me and mine and Fallie, too, to you and yours, may this be the very best Christmas ever!
