santa's on his way.....

dear friends, 

i don't know what most of you will be doing for christmas today and tomorrow, but i hope whatever it is, you're surrounded by the softness of love and the comfort of laughter. for those of you struggling, for whatever reason, to get through this holiday season with a smile on your face or happiness in your heart, i hope you find the strength you've been searching for.

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christmas isn't my favorite holiday, as i get angry with so much of it unfortunately falling into the materialistic cauldron, that can burn your tongue or fill you up depending on how much of it you want to sip, but i do love the fact that it brings us all together. 

today we'll be at my sister's house, as we have been now for years, where laughter raises the roof, the singing hurts your ears {well only if you hear my voice} the food fills us up until we can barely walk and the games we play find out who's the most competitive. {oh, and there's a few presents in there, too...but just a few} and when it's all said and done, and the day has become dark and our eyelids are heavy, there's not one of us that would trade all of that for anything else in this world.

merry christmas everyone

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