Random Christmas Thoughts

If you're looking for a coherent theme limited to one subject, you may want to skip this post.  However, if you don't mind the random thoughts of an ADHD case who is excited about Christmas, please read on.

Christmas Music Questions/Comments

Was that Michael Buble who remade "All I Want for Christmas Is You?"  Michael, if that was you, much respect, but I bet even the great Bing Crosby couldn't have made it sound good.  What makes you think you could do any better?

About "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," love the song, but aside from "A Christmas Carol," what scary ghost stories are there at Christmas?

If "It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter" is a Christmas song, it's a little early to be worrying, "What if spring is late?"  Winter just started four days before Christmas.  Anxious much?

Dan Forrest is a genius!  Anyone who can make "The First Noel" sound good deserves that title in my book.

We need a new wave of crooner Christmas hits.  Most of the Christmas songs written in my lifetime really leave a lot to be desired, while Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Dean Martin and a host of others before my time could do no wrong in that arena.  You think the aforementioned song made infamous by Mariah Carey even comes close to those guys?

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, get proper medical attention.  Simply remembering your favorite things will not prevent rabies or anaphylactic shock.

Cultural Comments

If it's okay for us to shop on Thanksgiving, and I just found out McDonald's will be open Christmas Day (I'm not buying a McRib this year for that - even Scrooge wasn't that bad), how far away are we from retailers having Christmas hours?  "Forgot that one last gift?  Feel like getting yourself a gift after someone forgot you?  Come on down to Wal-Mart for our Peace on Earth tramplefest!  Open 10-4 on Christmas Day."  You stores that pulling that, don't even bother worrying about saying, "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays," because that's not what Christmas is about, and it won't even be a holiday at that point. 

South Plainfield, NJ residents really know how to decorate for Christmas!  So many tastefully done houses in the neighborhood.  Not overdone.  Simple, but elegant.  I think I need to ask the neighbors for tips next year because I don't have that skill.

Theological Thoughts

Christ's first bed was a manger, a feeding trough.  A foreshadowing of the Eucharist, perhaps?

As a parent, I am so excited to see the reactions of my loved ones when they see the gifts I gave them.  Did our Heavenly Father feel that way in anticipation of Mary and Joseph seeing the first Christmas Gift ever, Baby Jesus?

Did the road to Calvary begin when the road to Bethlehem ended?

One Last Funny Thought

David won't believe in Santa Claus for long if he doesn't start sleeping through the night.

Thanks for listening to my random Christmas thoughts.  Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!  God Bless!