This might seem a bit early, but as we near the end of October and the stores begin to put out their Christmas things, I remember a Christmas that was simple and beautiful.
Christmas 2012 was an extra giving Christmas. My oldest daughter was 11 and my youngest daughter was 8. That year, my girls were more excited to watch people open gifts they had given than to open their own gifts. They took the time to find special things for people that they knew they would love. They saved their own money and did their own shopping.
Everyone was thoughtful this year and tried to give people things that fit them or they talked about. The key to good gift giving is listening to the person you are getting a gift for. You have to listen to them all year not just in December. You have to listen to what they like, what they need, what they would love to have but will never buy for themselves. You have to listen to what is important to them.
It's my favorite when you happen upon that perfect gift that you know someone will love rather than hunting it down in a busy afternoon. Those special gifts are the ones you are anxious for someone else to open. No one gave gifts just to have something to wrap that year.
It felt like a very blessed Christmas. Blessed because of people, health and love, not because anything under the tree.
I hope that as we enter into this coming season that everyone will remember that it is about people and not things. It is about thinking of others and not good deals.
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