The holiday season is my favorite time of year. It is the one time when the music is positive, heart warming, and beautiful. Anger disappears from the music and so does judgement. I love the colors--the gold, red, green, and silver--sparkling in every direction our eyes travel. The traditional Christmas movies filled with pasted on smiles, and cliches, warm my spirit when I sit with my girls on the couch passing on memories. Shopping might be my favorite. I find tremendous pleasure in buying for others. No one looks at me weirdly when I give them a gift or a card. They do not ask "why" or "what's wrong." I am permitted to give. Even though the stores are crowded, the lines long, the people grumpy, and the traffic crazy, the hum of a familiar song makes me hum to myself while smiling like an idiot. This is the time of year when we can see the world of possibilities; this is when we see the good in people that sometimes hibernates during other seasons. I encourage to think about all of the best parts of the holiday season. Besides getting gifts, what makes you love this time of year or dislike this time of year? When I think of the holidays the words that come to mind are "It's a Wonderful Life," sugar cookies, Trans Siberian Orchestra, family, "Yes, Virginia There is A Santa Claus," ribbon, giggles, and angels.What do you think? What string of holiday items weave their way through your memories? I know I said that I would not post, but I feel the need to.
