The Seven Gifts of Christmas #1
Google Images I was standing in line at the Post Office this morning—a last minute gift that needed to be sent off in the hopes that it will arrive before New Year’s. The line-up was quite impressive for the 24th of December. Weren’t we all told that all this mailing had to be done early in the month if we expected anything to arrive before Christmas? A lady rushed up behind me, harried and hurried. She was quite perturbed to discover we were all waiting for the postal clerk to get back from her break. “Nobody gets a break at Christmas!” she exclaimed. Now isn’t that the truth? And as usual, as custom demands, we end up giving the gifts to the wrong person. It is Jesus' birthday, is it not? We rush around going nuts for everyone except the One celebrating the birthday. Now THAT is strange—or should be. So in order to attempt to regain some focus, instead of The Twelve Days of Christmas , this blog is going to celebrate The Seven Gifts of Christmas over the next week. These ar...