Party Dress

I absolutely love everything about Christmas. I make fun of our neighbors tacky lights, but I even love seeing them, in all their tacky glory, when we drive home at night. I love the music, the smells, the crowded mall, the lights. So. Much. Fun.For someone who loves Christmas so much, you'd think I'd have a house done up like Tim The Tool Man Taylor or something. Not exactly. As much as I love the decorating...our relatively new family of four hasn't had a lot of time, or the funds, to accumulate much in the way of excessive decorations.

We admittedly live paycheck to paycheck, despite my death grip on our budget ;). So, we decorate, with all the familiar and well-loved decorations we've got...and I annoy my husband with my Christmas playlists and pine-scented candles. And we have a great time.

These shots have been of a few of my favorite decorations around our place. But it got me thinking about some of the decorations that I don't exactly own, but get me in the Christmas spirit nonetheless. The world outside our little house in the swamp is decorated in the Christmas spirit too.

I don't have to pay a thing for these, or worry about putting them back in musty boxes in the shed when the new year comes. *Or actually making Billy do that, cuz I don't go in the shed, remember? There are bugs in there.*

The world is celebrating Christmas in its best dress, decked out in pine, holly, and snowflakes. If the earth can put on such a show, making sure it looks its best in celebrating our Savior's birth...shouldn't I do the same? Not just in setting up the nativity scene in my house, but in my actions and my heart. I am looking forward to showing my Savior just how excited I am to accept His gift for me...by "looking" my best. I'm sure that's the kind of regifting that won't get me in trouble this season. ;)

Matthew 2:11

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

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