I’m usually not one to brag, but guess who is almost
finished taking down her Christmas decorations? Almost.
Why
can’t I be one of those people who artistically keeps a little Christmas décor in
each room year round? Or creatively decorates the tree to correspond with each
season? No, not me. No matter how I try,
it still looks as though the party’s over and I’ve yet to clean up.
I tried to tell myself
that red and gold would take me through Valentine’s Day. I even put a
heart-trimmed bowl on the kitchen table. It’s just not working so it’s all
getting packed away: the red ornaments, the gold ribbon, and maybe even the
bowl. It’s all going back to the plastic bins. But not the nativity scene.
When I ordered the
plastic Little People nativity scene, I did so with the intention of keeping it
out year-round for my granddaughters.
Right now, Olivia just likes to climb over the crèche and Adeline thinks
it’s funny to replace the angel on top of the stable with a wise man or a cow. But I believe with enough repetitive
story-telling, (just ask my kids how good I am at that!) the girls will be
fully aware of the details surrounding Jesus’ birth before I haul out those
bins of Christmas decorations again. And when those little children tell us the
Christmas story, well, I’ll leave the bragging rights to their parents. Besides,
I’ll be too busy decorating for Christmas.
Ronny may be reached at rmichel@rtconline.com.
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