I've always loved that Christmas song. That has to be one of my favorite ones. It really does describe a lot of things that remind me of Christmas time. And every time I see lights on a house, stores bringing out the decoration, the brisk change in the weather I think of this song. But today I had a whole new appreciation for this song. While I was preparing for my family to come over, baking cookies and bread, setting up the winter village in my living room, the tree up, the decorations up, this song came on. And for the first time, I heard a line in the song that never impacted me the way it did today. The line is:
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.
Now, I know it's the most simplest of lines in the song to describe the sights of Christmas, but today it occurred to me...it really is true. My own front door, to my own home. It's more beautiful to me more than ever now. Not that my parents didn't do a fantastic job celebrating Christmas and decking out the house. One of my favorite memories is going to cut down our own tree... a forest of Christmas trees to choose from, right in City of Commerce where a casino now resides. My parents always had some of the best gatherings, but Christmas... there was no comparison. I owe my love for this holiday to them and those wonderful memories they made for me and my brother. Traditions we now will pass down to our kids. But there is nothing like the feeling of decorating your own home for Christmas. I realized today that it really is the pretties sight for me...my house deck out for Christmas.
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