Things I Wonder About--Part 1

Sheldon Cooper: I'm not insane, my mother had me tested. 


Leonard Hofstetter: I'm not being weird. Am I being weird?

Sheldon Cooper: Yes, and that's coming from me.

I have lots of random things I wonder about. This is one of them.

• Does Jesus hate having his birthday on Christmas? 

          First of all for you scholarly purists, I am fully aware that Jesus was probably born sometime in March and not on December 25.

          My friend from college, Kim hated Christmas for a long time because she was born on December 25. She came from a fairly large family, 2 sisters, 2 brothers and Kim.  She grew up with sisters and brothers who each had their own birthday parties with cake, presents, friends, cards in the mail etc. Kim, on the other hand had to share her birthday with the One who is the foundation of all Christian religions so she didn't have a party, cake, birthday presents, birthday cards in the mail etc. She had Christmas/birthday presents, Christmas dinner, Christmas cards, annoying relatives and maybe a few for her and her alone birthday cards. Her friends were all with their families that day so she really felt her birthday was an after thought.

        Finally as an adult her husband gave her a birthday party on June 25. She had it all cake, presents, friends, cards, the party--a day all about her. I was there for awhile it was fun, and I never pass up an opportunity to eat cake.

        So here's Jesus seeing us from his heavenly throne, and there we are getting all the presents, drinking the eggnog, eating the cookies, granted nearly all the songs we sing are about him so there is that. But does he ever think, "I wish someone would get ME an iPhoneX. I'd text, I'd tweet, I'd post on Facebook." or "I really would love to play Fortnight. Dad, Dad, Daaaaad, when are we getting Wi-Fi up here."

       I love Christmas. I send out lots of cards, I love giving the presents, receiving the presents, singing the songs, going to the parties etc. In fact in 2016 I made my husband, or as you will come to know him, the long-suffering Jim get our pictures taken with Santa Claus. I'll even prove it.

Diane, Santa, Jim and Price

October 2016

One of my absolute favorite pictures of Jim

October 2016

This year we are tightening the fiscal belt so we can pay off our debt and hopefully retire before our deaths. Christmas is going to be less about getting/spending and more about sharing. My absolute bestest friend, Sue, who I've known since 1966 is coming to Long Island for Christmas. We will sing a lot, go into the city to see the Rockefeller Center tree, eat, bake, share, and did I mention the singing. I'll invite some people I know who do not have anywhere else to go for Christmas over for Christmas Day appetizers and drinks.  If you're in the neighborhood, come over. You'll be welcomed with homemade cookies and the beverage of your choice. 

Till next time, welcome to my neighborhood!