#1. I’m Jewish. So actually I have no business writing about Christmas. Or confessions.
#2. I grew up in a kosher home. We also hung stockings and got presents Christmas morning.
#3. My husband is Christian and we always have Christmas dinner with his parents. He doesn’t mind that we don’t have a Christmas tree.
#4. I always yearned for a Christmas tree.
#5. I stopped yearning for a tree after my first husband surprised me and the kids one year with a Christmas tree in a box.
#6. I have pictures of me sitting on Santa’s lap as a child. And as an adult.
#7. I love Christmas songs. Especially singing them.
#8. When I was a kid, I was afraid something bad would happen to me if I said the word “Christ” when I sang Christmas songs.
#9. I love getting Christmas cards with family pictures. Except the ones that include those annual summaries of astounding achievements by your children.
#10. I am a last minute shopper. This year I don’t even have a list yet.
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p.s. I dropped your name on Gina's post, Barb. ;)
thank you so much Lisa, that helps a lot. I know he tried to blame me for so much stuff, but like I told all of his family and mine none of that added up to a divorce. I do realize it's his needs, it just hurts so bad to think how many years he's
Thank you read this with my coffee this morning! Laughing! My confession; I procrastinate! In 2007, I sent out Happy New Years cards instead of Christmas cards! BTW my friends though it was a brilliant idea! The good news in 2009; I can just mail the cards that did not get to the Post Office in 2008! BTW notice the time of this post? I had coffee at 06:00AM! Happy New Years in advance smiles!
SO appreciate your words, sounds just like me. Only I don’t just procrastinate on Xmas, I do it all year. Notice how long it took me to reply to this? I’ve procrastinated so badly about the Xmas cards every year finally I gave up. And then even worse, I was shamed by BOTH of my kids: Wrote about it last year: Holiday Humiliation:
http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2008/12/holiday-humiliation/
Happy New Year!!
I love Christmas. It is always nicce to receive, but it is really FUN to watch everbody open their gifts and seeing their expression.
You’re right; nothing better than giving a gift that someone likes, at Xmas or anytime.
I find your post, and you very interesting…..Have yourself a Joyfilled, Merry, Christmas….=]
Thank u, nice meeting you and happy holidays to you too!
It’s okay….Jesus was Jewish too.
I thought it was so cute, (we or i) needed some good clean confessions after the recent scandal.
Thanks and Happy Holidays
My Christmas confession this year is that I am having Costco lasagne for Christmas dinner! I have two little grandaughters and a newborn grandaughter and I am sick of spending Christmas in the Kitchen! I know some of my co-workers would be appalled so I’m not telling anybody; it’s my little secret, except of course for my family who will be eating it.
I feel better already getting that off my chest!
Spending time with your family is much more important than spending it in the kitchen! Enjoy the time with your family and the lasagna, especially because someone else made it! Merry Christmas or Happy whatever else you choose to make this special time of year!
Way to go jforth, we’re having pizza and chinese. We had enough holiday food this Thanksgiving. We are spending time helping those in the shelters who don’t have a kitchen or food.
Ewells7
LOVE your confession and agree with the other commenters—you know what’s important and it’ sure isn’t the food. I’m sure you will have a wonderful holidays with your family no matter what you eat,
happy holidays!
DarrylP, If you don’t find those pictures you took in 2008, take some new ones, upload them to your email account and write a message to your friends and family and attach the pictutes to the message.
You could go to http://www.hallmark.com and send one of those cute “Hoops & Yo Yo” ecards. Hallmark online also has ecards (and others links: wwwsmilebox.com, http://www.snapfish.com, and many more) that you can attach personal pictures to.
You could always invite your daughter over to help you. She probably wouldn’t mind returning the favor. Don’t beat yourself up over this.
Enjoy your holidays,
Ewells7
You’re a doll,and so helpful, and so right, too much on my plate and this is not a high enough priority, I really don’t beat myself up for this stuff anymore; life is too short. I can just enoy getting everyone else’s cards!
Thanks so much and happy holidays to you,