When I was in high school psychology my teacher said a comment about the psychological side of Christmas that I will never forget. He commented that studies had been done to ask kids to draw Santa Claus before and after Christmas. The pictures before Christmas were depicting Santas that filled up the page; whereas the Santas drawn after Christmas tended to be much smaller.
The Christmas "spirit" tends to die about the 27th of December. This is a shame, even though I am as guilty as anyone. It seems the more work you put into the more you dread taking it all down and putting it away. Your house may look more bare than before, as the Christmas decorations were really filling up your house. Though the tree may have to be put away, may spirit of kindness continue on...which brings us to this week's quote...
The Christmas "spirit" tends to die about the 27th of December. This is a shame, even though I am as guilty as anyone. It seems the more work you put into the more you dread taking it all down and putting it away. Your house may look more bare than before, as the Christmas decorations were really filling up your house. Though the tree may have to be put away, may spirit of kindness continue on...which brings us to this week's quote...
Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
~ Norman Wesley Brooks - "Let Every Day Be Christmas," 1976
This year, though the presents will be unwrapped, the stockings will get emptied, may the spirit that goes along with Christmas be something that continues well into the 2010 year!
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