"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense..."

If I had a world of my own, every day would be Christmas time! Yes, I’m one of those people.  I’m so happy that it’s finally December.  I love this time of year when the weather gets cold, there’s pumpkin spice everything and all of the streets are decorated for the holidays!  Obviously my world would make no sense because you can’t have snowmen year round…or can you??  

I just really love the Christmas season and not just because we get to give each other presents, or everyone runs themselves further in to debt, myself included.  I love it because it’s a time for friends and family.  It’s the time of year where you can relax and enjoy those around you and not worry about all the stress of life that the year has put on you. 

I looooooove the decorations too.  It’s so amazing to see people put their heart and soul into creating beautiful art that they don’t get to make the rest of the year.  I am most definitely my mother’s daughter because I go all out for Christmas!  It’s so nostalgic for me to be surrounded by Christmas decorations during this month and I love it!  I wish I could have it year round!  In fact we have discussed having a Christmas house and a non-Christmas house all year round so we could move back and forth between the two whenever we wanted :)  “We” being my mom and I!  But of course that would be silly…or amazing.   And I’m sure eventually I would appreciate the season a lot less if it were around all year. 

But let’s not forget what we’re really celebrating.  God’s son, our Savior Jesus Christ was born on Christmas so that we could be forgiven of our sins.  I can’t even imagine the amount of love that would have to be felt to send your only son as a savior.  So remember to be thankful for the blessings you have, even if they’re not the blessings you want.  Love each other this season, and by each other I mean everyone, even people you don’t know.  I read a great quote that said “always be kind because every man is fighting a battle that you know nothing about.”  Let’s think less of ourselves this season, stop worrying about what you are entitled to and think about how you can be a blessing to others.  It feels a lot better to give to others than it does to receive.

Merry Christmas!