Rain On Christmas

The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap,
His hair was like a light.
(O weary, weary was the world,
But here is all aright.)

The Christ-child stood at Mary’s knee,
His hair was like a crown,
And all the flowers looked up at Him
And all the stars looked down.

G.K. Chesterton

It’s Christmas tomorrow. It’s raining like crazy here. I’m having a bad Christmas, but it doesn’t mean that you should too! There’s always Christmas cheer to be had, if you want it.

Our first Christmas here is a tad boring, without any fancy decorations or free things, but hey, I’m poor and poor in devising fancy things.We’ll just make do with a quote.

And three random thoughts about Christmas here: Christmas lights go up way to early, half of the people have no idea why folks celebrate Christmas anyway, and in place of snow we only ever get rain.

The first isn’t so bad this year though because I remember a year when they went up in September. But they aren’t really any pretty this year, though I have a flickr set going here.

I’m sure the second applies because people think only of shopping when they think of Christmas. Sometimes they also think of, well, a holiday.

And finally, we will never get snow here. And truth be told, I’ve never seen real snow before. I swear I will. One day. When it snows. (Duh.)

But let me not keep you.

So, whether you’re having a Merry, Manic or Moody (like me) Christmas, keep safe and don’t drink and drive. Eat lots of turkey. Unless of course you can’t eat turkey.

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