Christmas and blue times

Frozen water Cumberland Falls SRP in the Daniel Boone NF

For people that loved the sights and sounds of Christmas present day holiday times can be disappointing.  The days after Christmas can feel bad for some celebrants.  If Christmas 2001 is over  the approaching holiday of Christmas 2002 is not a consolation.  Each season is its own experience.  There are stores in East Tennessee and other places that sell Christmas ornaments year round.  So Christmas is a big event or a favorite time for many people.  People that love Christmas can carry the Jingle Bells music in their head regardless of what the rest of the people are doing.   Wearing that Santa hat is a fun thing for a while but the hat must be put away in the post Christmas days. 

Christmas greetings

Loretto, KY

Around the walks one sees bows and garlands.   It is Christmas. The paths show the anticipation of the people.  The days are shorter; dark mornings are followed by short days followed by dark nights.  Some say that this season is a time for thinking of other people and acting with kindness.  Is it true?

Christmas thoughts

Christmas Decoration Church of the Seven Dolors, Marion County, Kentucky

We think we need to make up for shortcomings around the time of Christmas. We want to do something for people to let them know we love them or care for them. This can become more than we can humanly do. Perhaps keeping the holly and the ivy in us for more than the weeks between the calendar Thanksgiving and the calendar Christmas would be healthy for all of us.

A survey revealed that two thirds of the people felt sad or inadequate during the Christmas season.

Perhaps our sadness or despair springs from false thinking. If we are lifted out of false thinking we can be the healthy people in the light that God intended for us.