Today was an awesome day!I had to work for part of the day...super busy...but not too bad overall. Then, my annual excursion began...
Each year on Christmas Eve, I make my yearly jaunt to some type of shopping establishment, for the sole purpose of watching people! I look forward to it all year long! Some times I go to the mall...sometimes to Walmart, or KMart, or even Target....but I'm always out there...watching! LOL! My Daddy got me started do it years ago. It was his habit also! But, Dad was also doing ALL of his Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. He NEVER bought anything, until Christmas Eve. He planned his entire day to shop...and to watch people!
I dare you to try it!
I joke sometimes with people and tell them that I get a year's worth of sermon illustrations just on that one day alone! LOL!
That's not far from the truth! LOL!
After I made it home, it was a mad rush trying to get all of the presents wrapped...but we made it! Tabitha went to Christmas Eve services at Devin's home church, which gave Denise and I prime opportunity to do all the 'Christmas stuff' we needed to do! Whew! We made it! LOL!
Now everbody's wrapped up, in bed, waiting on the big guy in the bright red suit to make his appearance. Denise has the turkey in the oven doing it's slow roast thing...dang, it smells good already! Me, just sitting here, enjoyed some rich creamy eggnog while ago, watching Christmas movies on the TV...and been having too much fun on Facebook and Twitter!
But somehow in the midst of the awe and wonder of the Eve, my mind drifts back to the Arizona desert. Back to where Christmas Eve was spent walking in the city parks and neighborhoods of Glendale and Phoenix being...being wisked away by the shere enchantment of Christmas in the desert. It was absolutely magical! For many years, our family would spend the Christmas season with my Dad in Phoenix. Those two or three weeks each year created multiple lifetimes of memories! My Dad was the emitomy of the Christmas Spirit...he was amazing!
It 's been many years now, since my Dad has past on...many years since I've been caught up in the wonderland that he always created...many years, but the memories remain strong! Even though tonight we'll spend our Christmas in the frozen tundra known as the Northcoast of Ohio, there's a part of me that will always go back to the desert, to experience the magic once again.
I'm there now....
Happy Birthday Jesus...Merry Christmas Denise and Tabitha...Merry Christmas Mom and Dad...
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