1st December

Suddenly the feeling has changed.

Sloping quietly through November has not prepared me for a slight mental panic about the things I haven't completed.

There are still cards to be posted, but feebly I give up when I look at the queue in our village Post office...and creep home. Tomorrow it will be better, I tell myself, which is probably why people won't receive their cards till January.

I dared to go into town, hoping to get into Marks and Spencer, but had to laugh in desperation when I saw the 'FULL' signs, with cars parked well out of the drive in. So, came home, with a resolution to get up very early and go before the crowds.

Except that probably every other person is planning the same.

However, as Peanuts tells us..Keep looking up,

which made me think about the real reasons that we celebrate Christmas, not for the shopping experiences, but to look up and praise God for the gift He gave us.