Making the familiar feel new again – every year.
That's what we face each Christmas as we run around trying to make the church services new and exciting, bringing a new perspective or awakening forgotten feelings of nostalgia. I'm already sketching in my ideas book, thinking about the installation for the crib service, the midnight service, and the giveaway on Christmas morning. It's sometimes made harder by the shops being full of Christmas items as soon as November hits. Plus my Christmas spirit is difficult to perk up when the days are getting longer and hotter instead of shorter and colder – southern hemisphere problems :)
What makes Christmas for you?
Every time I think about you in Australia, experiencing the total opposite weather-wise to our Canadian climate (and your original British one), it amazes me that one could even have a Christmas in that heat. Of course, for me, Christmas is all about family, so as long as I have that, it could well be anywhere. No doubt it's the same for you. 💗🎄🤶🏻
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely - being with family and the traditions we always follow make Christmas, even if being in a T-shirt is just so wrong!
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