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TYBEE BEACHCOMBER | DEC 2018 9
There is a Santa
It seems that every year though I get older, one thing never changes—
my love for Christmas. I love Christmas unabashedly and unashamedly.
There’s something in the air this time of year, something extraordinary
and sparkling—smelling of love and laughter, togetherness and
generosity. Every year, with every shift in my life, Christmas shifts and
changes for me as well, but my love for it never decreases.
Sometimes all you need for true happiness is a tree in the corner
adorned with sparkling lights, carols on the radio, and eggnog spiked
with rum. Sometimes all you need is your family around, a surprise
waiting to be unwrapped, and sugary treats baking up nice and brown
in the oven. Sometimes all you need is Christmas and the love that
accompanies it.
Much of this love for me is wrapped up in Santa. And not Santa
as in Ho-Ho-Ho jolly old man in red, or maybe, yes, maybe that,
but also Santa as in the spirit of giving, the spirit of kindness and
understanding, the spirit of yes-I-saw-that-you-were-not-so-goodbut
hey-no-one’s-perfect-and-it’s-all-cool-I-still-got-you-something. I
still get such a thrill out of channeling my inner Santa every year and
picking out the most perfect gift for all the special people in my life. I
still get a thrill over pretending to be Santa to my teenage children who
know it’s all an act, but still play along to placate me. I still get a thrill
over eating three-fourths of the cookies left out for me.
No matter what direction my life takes (and it’s taken lots of directions),
Christmas will always have a special place in my heart. A thing I look
forward to for eleven months and then drink deeply of one month of the
year. A place I go to renew my heart and find the goodness still shining
in mankind.
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