To: Christmas 2010
From: Christmas 2009
A few notes for the incoming candidate.
1. Make sure you plan the date to buy the tree and set it up. Make it a special day, with plenty of time both to buy the tree and decorate it. Serve hot chocolate and snacks and take your time about decorating. Also, and this is important - It's Sophia's turn to pick out the right tree. Let her pick exactly the one she wants. And make sure it's BIG. We have a LOT of ornaments and we want them all to fit!
2. Pick out new ornaments sometime during the year. One for each of the kids. Something to celebrate the accomplishments of the year. Or remember an event. These I can purchase way before Christmas.
3. Take out the advent tree (and fill with little gifts) at Thanksgiving!!
4. Oh, and buy new lights as soon as you see them! The stores run out if you wait. And we want to buy LED blue lights for Pop's Blue Spruce. Don't forget that.
One last thing: Don't forget the sage comment Sophia made about the Christmas tree on January 12, 2010. It went something like this: "The tree represents life. That never ends. That's why it's an evergreen." And I said, what about the ornaments? "They represent the past years and tradition and memories and things you do together."
You do know the true meaning of Christmas, then, don't you!
1 comment:
Another thing I don't want to forget. Take off the week before Christmas. Make sure you spend time with the kids and try to have a sleepover with the niece. This way you can read all the sweet Christmas stories to her.
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