Christmas Things To Do And A Baby

Could Christmas possibly be this coming week?

And not just "this week" but in five days?

Is anyone ready for this the special day that seemed to creep up on us this year?

Okay I admit at first, I kind of figured that all my friends and I are behind in our cards and gifts and decorations because we are all just frigging lazy, but then I started running into people I did not even know who were also complaining they didn't have enough time to get ready for Christmas this year.

Want to know my theory? Do ya? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway like it or not.

With the economy, gas prices and just trying to get by on a daily basis I think people are so busy with their lives the holidays have been put on the back burner and have become not as important to people as they once were just a few short years ago.

Now, here we all are wishing for more time to accomplish all the items on our “things to do” list.

Okay people relax, take a deep breath and have some patience. Okay so maybe you didn't find all the presents you wanted to buy this year. Maybe all the decorations didn't make it onto your house and tree. Maybe you never found the time to enjoy the nighttime holiday fireworks display in your home town. And maybe (if your into this kind of thing) you didn't get to see your favorite Christmas TV show.

One more time, relax take a deep breath. What you got done is done and what you didn’t get done isn’t done. Dec. 25 will be here very soon whether you've checked off all your things to do or not. Okay you think you have it bad let’s go back in time a little, shall we?

Let’s think of all the chaos that happened leading up to that first Christmas night.

Imagine being nine months pregnant and not even knowing the father first hand, riding your pregnant butt around on a donkey. Think about it when you are in labor, riding in an Ambulance on these bumpy city streets is difficult enough, but riding a donkey? Can you say “Ugggggg…”

And then, then you find out that the only place to give birth to your baby is in a smelly, old, dirty stable that hasn’t seen new shavings or a pooper scooper in several months. But you're pregnant as all get out. Your water has broke, and you are now focused on your baby that is about to be born. The baby will be born without the assistance of Doc Hollywood or Nurse Cratchett, oh yea and without the comfort of an epidural to ease the pain.

Yup, your all natural in a stable full of chickens, donkeys, ducks geese and all the other animals that you couldn’t imagine would be there watching you have your baby. Your only assistants to this birth are animals, and your new husband “A carpenter” who couldn't possibly know what to do when a new bouncing baby boy comes kicking and screaming into the world. If it had been a 2X4, he had that covered with his handy dandy hammer and nails.

OKAY STOP!! Have you ever wondered who cut the baby’s umbilical cord? Or how they did it? (I shudder at the thought)

This Christmas, remember, it's not all about the presents, shopping, cooking and decorating. It doesn't matter whether you're showered or shaved, a carpenter or a shepherd all that matters is you understand what the season is really all about. Spending time with your family and loved ones and giving of yourself unselfishly to help others.

Can you feel me on this one?

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas y’all!