‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la! It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
This is my favorite time of the year. I love getting together with family and friends (even if it looks a little different this year), shopping for and wrapping Christmas gifts, baking holiday goodies to share, listening to Christmas music, and watching Christmas movies. I love the joy people seem to genuinely feel this time of year, as we’re reminded of all the good we have in our lives.
This Christmas season has been exceptionally wonderful as I have an almost three-year-old son. Anyone with a child knows what a great age this is for Christmas. He is so happy, and so excited for Santa. To see his eyes light up when he looks at the Christmas tree, or checks out the twinkling lights hanging from houses as we drive around, makes my eyes well-up (I’m sentimental and emotional, it happens). He is so excited to unwrap and read a new Christmas book each night (a tradition we started last year), and he can’t stop talking about leaving cookies and milk for Santa. I’m glad that this seems to be the year he’ll start unwrapping his own gifts.
And right on the heels of Christmas is the New Year. A new year means a clean slate, a fresh calendar/planner, new beginnings. I personally love the “restart” the new year offers. I’m a big fan of resolutions and really took some time to think about what I wanted to achieve in 2021. Unfortunately, 2020 didn’t go exactly as planned, but you know make plans, God laughs. Luckily, the new year (and beyond) can be anything we want it to be. The truth is, we can all make our lives be whatever we want them to be, if we can only find the courage. I, for one, am choosing courage.
- Stephanie McCord, Marketing