“The RoseBouquet”

About the end of November I usually get a Christmas card letter from my friend Katherine. She describes how she has everything ready for Christmas. That means her gifts are all bought wrapped, her menus planned, her housecleaning done, her Christmas cards letters just about all away. Her house decorations are ready to put up on December 1.

Katherine’s letter makes me sigh. Is she too eager for Christmas, or am I just lazy? What’s the matter?

Then I got to thinking. She’s shopping for most of that stuff. I’m doing things the homemade way.

There’s a new rage for homemade Christmases, so I’m starting to lift my head, to share my secrets. The catch is, you have to read this early to make use of many of these ideas. If you follow my example, you’re not likely to be ready early like Katherine, but hey, you’ll have fun you can do this on a shoestring budget.

You can prepare your heart to worship the Christ-child without spending a cent. It does take time to sit quietly focus your thoughts on who the holiday is for, how you will honour Him in your heart.

Many automatically have relatives and dear friends that all come together to celebrate, but if it happens that you don’t know enough people to make a joyous noise in your home, take charge, invite other lonely singles neglected people. They will surprise you with love.

For 24 years now I have not been able to buy cards for all the people I’d like to send greetings to at Christmas time, so I’ve made huge batches of my own, Often people send me their card with a note, hoping they are still on my list so they can see my card.

[Read the rest of this article in my Sharing Library - Too Eager for Christmas ]