Christmas Already?

Does it ever seem like time is speeding up? I feel as if every day, the momentum of my life increases and the days and weeks just fly by faster and faster... does anyone else feel that way?

And I just realized today that Christmas is in two weeks! AAAAHHHH! Where has this year gone? I apparently put up my Christmas decorations just to have to take them down again :-). I do love Christmas though; I have a large family and we have several celebrations throughout the week of Christmas. We usually play games - and this year I've decided to be creative (i.e., play something other than Balderdash, lol), by researching some new Christmas party games online. Hopefully my family is "game" (groan, I know, too punny).

So what are some of the games your family plays on Christmas?

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Fall in the South

What is it about that first cold day of the season that makes you want to eat gingerbread cookies and listen to Christmas music? The crisp chill in the air makes me expect to look out my window and see streets lined with tall colorful trees and crunchy leaves blowing around on the sidwalk - confirming my suspicion that I do, indeed, watch far too much television .

My first thought upon seeing the rain outside was that I would get NOTHING done today, as those dreary rainy days make cuddling up on the couch with a blanket and a movie almost irresistable. However, when I realized how cold it was, it revved me up and made me want to make my house nice and clean for the coming christmas decorations, lol.

Yea for Fall!! Or rather, what passes for fall here in the south .

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Hypocritical Christians?

I'm a huge fan of Jason Mraz; I think he's an amazing lyricist and has a fantastic voice. In addition, he keeps a rather interesting myspace blog. I was reading some of his entries and came across something interesting. He was home for Christmas and was attending church with his family and had this to say:

"To make me feel better I decided to spend more time at Church. If anywhere, Church should have it together. And they do. I applaud the local church for organizing an extensive homeless shelter in the gym and taking donations of every kind to use for various missions. After all, the Christ hero spent all his time dealing with the sick and the poor, something our Christian nation and current administration could use a refresher course in.....

Still, just after Church, I heard enough gossip to be turned off by some of the congregation. Do people go to Church so much they forget why they are there? Do people assume their inner connection with some divine spirit makes it OK to blast off and be selfish again immediately?

People are strange."

Just reminds me that we need to be careful of the way we behave. We ARE the Jesus that people see. At least, we are supposed to be.

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