Christmas is here. :)

Christmas is a time of, well, chaos. During the holiday season everyone goes out to buy gifts for family, friends, and sometimes significant others. Some families feel the need to spend hundreds of dollars to get that special someone the perfect present. My family isn’t quite like that. Sure, we go out and spend money for each other, but not to the point where it’s going to clean out our bank accounts. Whenever someone buys me something that I know costs a lot, I feel really bad, almost like I don’t deserve it. My mom and I probably get in more fights during Christmas season, more than any other time of the year. For the most part, it’s a happy household to be at, but we definitely have our moments.
Getting prepared for Christmas is something my family loves to do. Putting up the Christmas tree is a great time to gather and share some quality time. We also love to put Christmas lights outside our house. People that don’t do any of these activities are, in a way, looked down upon. People think that others that don’t show their holiday spirit are scrooges and don’t care about Christmas, when in fact, they probably don’t have the money for lights and such decorations. Homeowners that put ten million lights around their house, have blow-up figures in their yard, and a moving sleigh with Santa, is a little “over-the-top”.
One night about 7 years ago right around Christmas time, my mom and I went for a drive to look at houses with Christmas lights. We stopped at this one house, paused, and took in the moment. As we were driving away, is saw a man dressed up like Santa sitting on a bench outside. I thought he was just a figure of my imagination. Being my age at the time, I still believed in Santa. In turns out that he was just the owner of the house who was handing out candy canes. The point of telling this story is to make you realize how the littlest things can affect kids. Spread the holiday spirit and do little favors for people, they really will appreciate it. : )