Alyssa-bilities: Merry Christmas from Alyssa-bilities

Christmas is Such a Magical Time of the Year

It's almost that time of year, everyone. CHRISTMAS🎄🎁!!! Sorry, I lost myself for a moment there. It is such a magical time of year where we gather with friends and family, set out into the world to do our Christmas traditions, and it is the time of year when we spread joy around our community as we prepare for the celebrations on Christmas day which touches my heart in a big way. I know times around the holidays can be stressful, it happen to a certain degree to everyone with trying to find the perfect gifts for everyone on our list, getting our houses ready for family/ freind gatherings on Christmas day, and digging up the family recipes for a wonderful Christmas dinner. Let me tell you something though, there is no need to stress any further; whatever you got for that certain someone on your list will be perfect because it came from you as well as the decorating of the house and what you prepare for the special dinner. With this being said, I think it is about time that we get into the holiday spirit while spreading some Christmas cheer and I believe I have just the thing to accomplish this goal.

What Will I Share in this Blog?

As we spend this time together, I will share a story that I intend will make you laugh, some of my family christmas traditions, and provide everyone with a challenge as we get ready to celebrate Christmas.

YANK!!! Sorry Santa😀

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, these are my two favorite holidays for different reasons. With Thanksgiving we give Thanks for everything God has given us throughout the year and with Christmas it is a magical time of year with doing a variety of Christmas activities, looking at light displays, and of course seeing little kids faces lighting up with excitment as they go visit Santa. I remember one story that my parents told me a while back that will stick with me for the rest of my life in which I think you guys will really enjoy.

It was a few weeks before my 1st Christmas, the houses, buildings, and streets were decorated inside and out with lights like a gourous Christmas painting with feelings of joy snowing down on us as we went about our preChristmas routine. Then on one beautiful December day my parents decided to take me to the mall to get a picture with santa. Everything started off fine as we waited in the long curvy line that stretched for miles of parents and children eagerly awaiting the chance to visit with Santa. After what felt like a century it was finally my turn in which my parents placed me on Santa's lap and stepped off to the side, so they could get ready to take the picture. A second later, everything came crashing down as my parents turned their backs for a moment to look at picture frames that were on sale. Before they new it, they heard a " HO!HO!Ho! Coming from behind them and turned around to find Santa trying to hold on to me as he is secretly trying to stay calm through the pain as I pull on his real beard trying to get my hand free. Once Santa calmed down and the elf's helped to get my hand free; they got a picture of me with Santa as he held both of my hands in his hand. Sorry Santa. I guess I must have been cute enough because he still came to our house on Christmas eve.

This story always brings a big smile to my face around Christmas time because it was a funny situation that you don't normally hear about and especially it is not something you would except coming from a gentle soul like mine. This is just a small reason why Christmas is special to me, but the biggest thing I love about Christmas is the traditions we create as families.

A Few Dickens Family Traditions

For my family, we have always had the rule that we have to at least wait until after Thanksgiving to start decorating for Christmas. So on Black Friday while everyone else is braving the madness of the stores to get great deals on different items, we are having a Christmas decorating party. This is a fun time for my family because it helps us to get into the Christmas spirit while allowing us to have our decorations up for a longer period of time. Another one of our family traditions that I really enjoy is planning a route and going to look at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve. Yes, it may be packed with cars of people who had the same idea, but to me by getting to see the lights that other people put up helps spread that joy to the community around us.

A Challenge to You

Are you guys in the Christmas Spirit yet? I hope so, especially since Christmas is on Friday😉. As we get ready to celebrate this beautiful holiday, I encourage everyone to celebrate in the way we normally would; but keep in mind that the true meaning of Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus and spreading that love around the world. With everything that is going on around the world, I ask that everyone who reads this post assist me in my mission to spread Christmas cheer to as many people as possible by sharing this post with your friends and family near or far. Merry Christmas from the Dickens Family.