Write your own “Grown-Up Christmas List” (taken from Amy Grant’s song of the same title)

Here’s the Amy Grant video:

Lyrics:

Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
Well, I’m all grown-up now
Can you still help somehow?
I’m not a child, but my start still can dream

So here’s my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself, but for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth?
Maybe only in that blind belief can we ever find the truth

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal our hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end

This is my grown-up Christmas list
This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list

The Worst Christmas Song Ever (but you must mention one redeeming quality of the song, too!)

Any of us who have ever worked retail at Christmastime can most certainly relate to disliking certain Christmas songs! For me, Wal-Mart nearly destroyed forever my enjoyment of “Feliz Navidad” or “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”–vocalized, covered, or muzak-ed! However, in the spirit of positivity and encouragement, please mention at least one redeeming quality of the song you can’t stand. If you look for it, you’ll find it.

So as they used to say on “Coffee Talk” on SNL: Discuss!

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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without ______ . (This is taken from the first line of Little Women, “‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,’ grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”)

When I wrote this topic, I had in mind a scene from City Slickers, in which Curly, the wizened old cowboy, tells Billy Crystal’s character Mitch he needs to find “one thing” that is the meaning of life (and while I’d love to imbed the clip, it has a profanity in it. To watch it you can either search YouTube for it, or go to my blog). Anyway, my idea was for you to describe the “one thing” that makes Christmas truly Christmas for you. As military wives, we go by the motto Semper Gumby (“Always Flexible”), and our Christmas may not look like a civilian Christmas.

So as they used to say on “Coffee Talk” on SNL: Discuss!
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Your favorite Christmas tree ornament or Christmas decoration – Do you have a favorite Christmas ornament or decoration? You know, the one that once it is in its rightful place, you know it’s Christmas. Write about it–why is it special? What does it look like? What does it mean to you? If you include a picture of this treasure in your post, you’ll get an extra drawing entry for one of the prizes.