How will Your Christmas Be this Year?

Will it be filled with junk that is forgotten tomorrow? Will it be filled with warm memories?

It’s pretty much up to you, you know. If you want a Christmas you will never forget, forget about yourself and look around you for those less fortunate. There is always someone less fortunate than yourself.

I remember a year, when my daughter was little, I went to the discount store and bought all the packages of tube socks, I could afford. Then I baked cookies, until they were running out my ears.

This sounds like a simple thing but to some, just the thought brings Christmas into their heart. We drove down town and found the area where the homeless were sitting around on benches, just passing the day. With our arms loaded with paper bags filled with cookies and a pair of socks, we handed them out and gave a hearty “Merry Christmas” to each one. We didn’t look back, we just kept walking and handing out the bags and when they were all gone, we left.

If I were rich, I’d have been handing out brand new coats and boots but I couldn’t afford that so I did what I could.

Every place needs helpful volunteers: your church, the local thrift shop, the local food bank and all sorts of charities. There are more people finding themselves homeless, than in the past.

Remember them and add a beautiful memory to your Christmas season memories. You will never forget the Christmas you gave and gave and gave….of yourself.