Greetings Dear Reader,
In case it has not escaped you, one month from today is
Christmas Day. I realize that this realization
comes with both joy and panic. I find
the rundown to Christmas exhilarating.
There are those who do not like the time and find it
stressful. There are even those who
dislike Christmas. I wish to express
simple gratitude for the time and for all the facets of feeling surrounding
it. I long to express this gratitude by
being aware of the feelings toward Christmas that others carry.
It is not my place to make you love Christmas. I will, however, love it enough for both of
us until you come around. I do want to
show you why I value it so dearly. I
also want to understand anything the holds you back from the joy of the
season. Whether it be anxiety, bad
memories, or your view of the season, how you feel matters. I care about you and only wish the best for
you Dear Reader.
I am thankful for this time when I can express my joy more
freely and share it with others. One of
the ways to show that gratitude is to love everyone, no matter how engaged or
disengaged he or she is from Christmas.
The intent is to pass on the good tidings of great joy intended for
everyone. Not everyone celebrates Christmas,
but it is intended for each of us, collectively and individually.
This is why I am thankful for the rundown to Christmas. It gives me an opportunity to show the spirit
of the season that I try to keep all the year.
I put up my tiny tree in my car for my journey north. Someone at a coffee shop there recognized me
as the “guy with the Santa hat.” She said
that I made her feel “like Christmas.”
If the sum of what I impart to others could always be that, then I would
be truly blessed. My desire is for you
to feel like the perfect Christmas morning every day Dear Reader. As we walk toward it, I will offer some ways
to take up this mantle as I seek to better carry it myself.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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Thorn:
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