I may have mentioned this before, but Christmas is not one of my favorite holidays. It requires me to use time that could be wisely spent finding a cure for (fill in the disease that means most to you here) or sleeping for a lot of other things. I know that when all is said and done I enjoy the final results of all the labor that goes in to celebrating Christmas, but getting to that point isn't exactly a marshmallow world. I like the kids getting excited about gifts and decorating the tree. The threat of talking to Santa gets a lot more done around that house than the rest of the year too. I don't like trying to find a parking space in order to get those gifts. And getting a tree ranks high on my list of things I would pay somebody else to do if I had the money. I like having family traditions like watching
Ralphie be warned about shooting his eye out.
I enjoy eating delicious ham. My ears smile when the sound of Christmas music fills them. I sometimes worry that the true meaning of Christmas gets overlooked (not that Christmas is being celebrated at the correct time of year). However, I think Mrs. Mustachio and I do a pretty good job of reminding the children that Santa wasn't born in a barn. We also make it a point to try and do something nice for other people. In the past we have written letters to people away from their families for Christmas and we always make plates of goodies and ding-dong ditch some unsuspecting victims. This year the wife has something planned called "The 12 Days of Christmas". I don't know what it is or where we are going to put the many bird cages, but I look forward to it happening. I recently watched an episode of 90210 where Steve Sanders sinks a half-court shot for $10,000 at a
Laker game and then proceeds to donate the money to a less fortunate elementary school at which he played Santa the previous Christmas. I hope to be as great as a philanthropist as Steve Sanders someday, but for now I will just have to stick with doing the best we can. I wonder what other people do to serve others during the holidays.
I may have mentioned this before, but Christmas is not one of my favorite holidays. It requires me to use time that could be wisely spent finding a cure for (fill in the disease that means most to you here) or sleeping for a lot of other things. I know that when all is said and done I enjoy the final results of all the labor that goes in to celebrating Christmas, but getting to that point isn't exactly a marshmallow world. I like the kids getting excited about gifts and decorating the tree. The threat of talking to Santa gets a lot more done around that house than the rest of the year too. I don't like trying to find a parking space in order to get those gifts. And getting a tree ranks high on my list of things I would pay somebody else to do if I had the money. I like having family traditions like watching Ralphie be warned about shooting his eye out. 
I enjoy eating delicious ham. My ears smile when the sound of Christmas music fills them. I sometimes worry that the true meaning of Christmas gets overlooked (not that Christmas is being celebrated at the correct time of year). However, I think Mrs. Mustachio and I do a pretty good job of reminding the children that Santa wasn't born in a barn. We also make it a point to try and do something nice for other people. In the past we have written letters to people away from their families for Christmas and we always make plates of goodies and ding-dong ditch some unsuspecting victims. This year the wife has something planned called "The 12 Days of Christmas". I don't know what it is or where we are going to put the many bird cages, but I look forward to it happening. I recently watched an episode of 90210 where Steve Sanders sinks a half-court shot for $10,000 at a Laker game and then proceeds to donate the money to a less fortunate elementary school at which he played Santa the previous Christmas. I hope to be as great as a philanthropist as Steve Sanders someday, but for now I will just have to stick with doing the best we can. I wonder what other people do to serve others during the holidays.
1 comment:
Josh-You are my favorite blogger by far! Thanks for sharing!! I would come do your tree, but it is quite the distance,
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