tis the season
Whatever you can do, or dream, you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
strange thoughts have been running through my mind today. i have been making lists for Christmas, of the gifts i plan to make for people and the supplies i need. i make the lions share of the Christmas gifts i give, a tradition passed down from my grandma R. i think it gives much more meaning to the holiday, and to the gifts if they are crafted with one's own hands.
oh, i don't expect everyone feels such a way, and for some people it is impractical for gifts to be homemade, and it is impractical for me to make every one of my gifts. but Christmas seems more special that way. at least for this one, it does.
i mentioned on my list to Master that my favorite holiday was Christmas, and i suppose that is true for a lot of people, but i think for me it is a little different than for most. i don't like Christmas for the presents i get or for the parties to attend. i like Christmas, the entire season of Christmas, because it is the time i can spend thinking about just the best way to surprise/please/thrill the O/one's i love.
if i am not going to make a gift, then i spend a lot of time thinking about it and picking it out. Christmas has always been a time of many many gifts in my family, but not terribly commercial. if that sounds like a contradiction it really isn't.
the trick is to really spend time thinking about the person one is buying for, to really concentrate on T/them and to do somehting perhaps unexpected that will touch their heart. a gift should be something that tells a P/person your feelings, your thoughts, your memories, and should hold that out as a reminder to them of you. at least, that is how i look at it, and why i always start with the presents in October. to be honest i am actually starting late this year. i usually have all my lists done on Oct 1.
the thing that is on my mind the most this year is what in the world will i give Master for Christmas?? i have a few ideas, and i am hoping and praying that He will allow this one to send Him a package through the mail of the things she is thinking of. i will have to ask Him soon, before i go supply shopping. there isn't actually that much i need, but i need to get it soon. i am so late getting started! that is the thing with making one's presents, one has to have lots and lots of time ahead to work on them!!!
as for the rest of my list, i am a bit in trouble this year as to what to do. i went a tad bit overboard last year on the gifts and so this year i am a bit tapped for ideas. ah, well, i am sure i will come up with some wonderful things. i have some books from the library that i took out for ideas, and all my dozens and dozens (and dozens, i have about two hundred) of pattern books/magazines/leaflets to look through for thoughts.
it's a chilly night, so it will be perfect before bed, after saying goodnight to Master later on, to curl up with them and a cup of hot cider for about 20, 30 minutes. i'm sure i will be able to finish my list... then tomorrow, shopping!!
i have to get aida fabric, and about twenty shades of floss that i don't have for some embroidery. a few frames and trim materials, and some beads. oh! i can't forget that i need a new wooden embroidery hoop in a medium size... the one i have is all splintery and if i work with it now i end up spending more time removing splinters from me than working! *giggles* i'm guessing it will cost about $20 for everything. that is the other good thing about making one's own presents, it costs so little!
well, back to Master then, as i want to have every minute with Him that i can. be well and happy til next W/we meet...--di.