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Ha! I placed one order, from ONE store, and managed to get something for each and every remaining person on our list. And just like that, hope is restored—though now I feel rather cliché for whining about how stressful Christmas shopping is. So sorry!
And now I’m on to more important things, like helping the kids practice lighting candles. And holding the lit candles. And lifting the candles up over their heads without setting anyone (or their hair) on fire. Because this is an integral part of our Christmas celebrating. (No, really, it is; we have a candlelighting service on Christmas Eve. The sanctuary lights are dim, and everyone gets a candle to light and hold up while singing Silent Night. It’s my favorite thing. Especially when no one suffers wax burns.)
If you figure out a foolproof way to teach kids how to candle-light properly, you must post it here!
Being the dedicated Christians my family is, we used to make our annual church service appearance on Christmas Eve at midnight and singing Silent Night by candelight was always my favorite too!
BTW, what is up with blogger’s new login stuff? I have a wordpress blog and can’t for the life of me figure out how to post using it. Just me?
I have no brilliant candle-lighting technique. Nothing. Nada. Mostly I hover and say, “Hold it up! Upright! Bring the UNLIT candle to meet the lit one, not the other way around!” It’s great fun.
And I don’t know squat about the new login thingy, but here’s what blogger says about it.
We did the candle-lighting Silent Night singing in church, as well. I do miss it. We’ll go back to it when Stella is old enough to stay up until midnight. Maybe by then I won’t have to put her in protective gear.
Luckily, our Christmas Eve service is at something like five o’clock in the evening. And then the kids are exhausted from the excitement and can go right to bed. My kind of night!
This was always my favorite part of Christmas Eve service too! And at 5pm? You’re gonna have the Christmas Eve I want, except for those additional two kids hanging around. I mean, your kids are great and everything, but when I think of doubling my pair, I feel a little like lighting myself on fire. But just a little.
Ah, the joys of belonging to a “low church” church.
How about I keep my kids, you keep your sanity, and we all go home happy?
We’re taking our two-year-old to the Christmas Eve service for the first time this year. Can’t wait to see his face when they turn out the lights and light all the candles!
And I’m so impressed you managed to place one order at one shop and do all your shopping. Next year I’m doing it all online. And in October.
Well, not all my shopping– just all the shopping I had left. And I did have to pay a gazillion dollars to get it shipped on time… Next year, October! Or at least: next year, make any sort of plan at all!