Christmas

This is always a difficult time.  The Mr. Scrooge part of me seems to hold back the crippled Tiny Tim part until it's too late. Christmas Eve arrives and I am unprepared.  My procrastination is red with embarrassment as all the gifts are unwrapped and all the thoughtful tokens remind me of how thoughtless I am.  At that time I finally get in the Christmas spirit…the giving mood.  I console myself with the fact that the Twelve Days of Christmas are the festive days beginning Christmas day. The Feast of the Epiphany follows the Twelfth Night, on 6 January.  During that time the stores are not so crowded and the post-Christmas sales even excite the Scrooge in me. 

Dear Lord Jesus, help me to remember whose birthday I am celebrating and keep me mindful of the fact that there is a little bit of You in each of us.

Amen