I had to make a cup of coffee just before 9:00, because there was NO WAY I was going to be able to stay awake long enough to... um... you know... SEE Santa and say hello. He may deliver the toys, but somebody has to SET THEM UP and put the batteries in, and all, of course.
Mercifully, thankfully, blissfully, I was off work today. JT and I (AJ opted out) got to go to the candlelight worship service at church, which was beautiful. It was a communion service, and I felt blessed that my first communion at my new church home was on the eve of Christ's birth. That was very special. Growing up in the Church of the Nazarene, but having been expatriated amongst the Friends for so long, I'd forgotten what it's like to kneel at an altar. Much of the Society of Friends' doctrine is based on the fact that we don't NEED the liturgy, and the ceremony, and the representations...
...but I missed them! It felt comfortable to kneel at that rail; I felt right at home. I LIKE ceremony and liturgy!
So there. :)
And now, the ceremony of trying to set up what Santa's brought without WAKING the boy! Good luck to all of Santa's helping parents, tonight!
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It's 1230am here, and I'm up and wrapping! Almost done! Hang in there!
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