Ha-ap-pee Day!

I sat the alarm last night for 6am so I could get ready and pick up my present today!
I was looking forward to the arrival so much I was up at 4am and couldn't go back to sleep!
I couldn't wait to hold it, squeeze it and see what it looked like!
It's Christmas!

Your probably going ...what? Hello Donna, Christmas was a couple of weeks ago.

Nope! You are all wrong.

Christmas doesn't really have a specific date.
Actually, technically it is highly unlikely Jesus was born on December 25.

Read on :

Was Jesus born on December 25, or in December at all? Although it’s not impossible, it seems unlikely. The Bible does not specify a date or month. One problem with December is that it would be unusual for shepherds to be “abiding in the field” at this cold time of year when fields were unproductive. The normal practice was to keep the flocks in the fields from Spring to Autumn. Also, winter would likely be an especially difficult time for pregnant Mary to travel the long distance from Nazareth to Bethlehem (70 miles).

“A more probable time would be late September, the time of the annual Feast of Tabernacles, when such travel was commonly accepted. Thus, it is rather commonly believed (though not certain) that Jesus’ birth was around the last of September. The conception of Christ, however, may have taken place in late December of the previous year. Our Christmas celebration may well be recognized as an honored observation of the incarnation of ‘the Word made flesh’ (John 1:14).”

“…The probability is that this mighty angel, leading the heavenly host in their praises, was Michael the archangel; this occasion was later commemorated by the early church as Michaelmas (‘Michael sent’), on September 29, the same as the date of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. It would have at least been appropriate for Christ to have been born on such a date, for it was at His birth that ‘the Word was made flesh and dwelt (literally tabernacled) among us’ (John 1:14).
This would mean, then, that His conception took place in late December. Thus, it might well be that when we today celebrate Christ’s birth at what we call Christmas (i.e., ‘Christ sent’), we are actually celebrating His miraculous conception, the time when the Father sent the Son into the world, in the virgin’s womb. This darkest time of the year—the time of the pagan Saturnalia, and the time when the sun (the physical ‘light of the world’) is at its greatest distance from the Holy Land—would surely be an appropriate time for God to send the spiritual ‘light of the world’ into the world as the ‘Savior, which is Christ the Lord’ (Luke 2:11)”

[Dr. Henry M. Morris, The Defender’s Study Bible (notes for Luke 2:8,13)].

Interesting huh.

So, as I was saying today January 03, 2010 is Christmas!

Don't believe me?
I can prove it.

Do you remember that wonderful anticipation you had as a kid Christmas Eve? Of course you do.
Do you remember that overwhelming, exhilarating,  blow your mind can't wait to open the present feeling you had as a kid? Of course you do.
Do you remember saying all your prayers not once, not twice but three times followed by pretty pretty please with sugar on top? Of course you do

Come on...fess up. Even the toughest out there can't deny it. Can you?

Well, I did all of the above last night.

So, there... today is Christmas!

Just as Jesus was born, I really believe Christmas is a blessing given to us from God himself.

I have had many Christmas's not actually land on December 25th.
December 22, 198X
January 24, 198X
August 05, 198X
July 03, 199X
May 09, 2009
and today---January 03, 2011 DA-DA!

My present you ask?
Well, it's not something I can hold and squeeze too long without some terrible repercussions..or should I say percussionist.
Sometimes it doesn't shave.
Sometimes it cuts it's hair too short.
It likes to wear sandals all year long. Thank goodness it doesn't wear socks with them too!
It loves me even though I'm not so easy to love sometimes.
Sometimes it's weird but, I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am so ha-ap-pee you are home my wonderful gorgeous handsome man friend and husband.

Um....so what did you bring me?   LOL JK

Merry Christmas!