Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Party's Over

       I love all holidays and all the decor that accompanies them.  Naturally, Christmas tops the list with festive trimming--the wreaths, the tree, the garlands, the candles.  I almost always get it all on display the day after Thanksgiving.
       But the minute the branches are hovering over an empty tree skirt, all that holiday decoration looks like clutter to me!  I can't wait to get it packed away!  It has rarely lasted past Dec 26th at our house.  By then I am ready for miminalism and organization!
     Oh, I've suffered my share of ridicule for this small compulsion!  I've been called a Scrooge--to which I say a defensive, "Bah, humbug!"  Time to start filling in next year's calendar, sort through the Christmas cards a see which need replies, plan the menus that will use up all the leftovers, and decide on  an exercise routine for the coming year!  "Martha, Martha...."  I aim for Mary but I have a  Martha personality.  Maybe I've just landed on my new year's resolution:  Be Mary in 2013.
(Luke 10:38-42)

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