Merry Christmas - A Savior Is Born

 It's Christmas time once again and everyone is scurrying around to find that someone a special Christmas Gift to put under the Christmas Tree. If you are looking for something special, Click Here And Visit My Catholic Website. Well this year we did all of our Christmas shopping online through Amazon and Lowes. It is sort of a cheap kind of Christmas and not the way I remember it growing up as a child.

 What I mean is that yes we bought things, but they were not very expensive. We generally shopped at the local dimes store and had just a couple of presents a piece between my other 2 brothers and my sister. You see I did not come from a wealthy family. My Mom was a stay at home Mother and my stepfather worked at where ever he could.

 My Stepfather worked for awhile at a local store called JB Hunters. He used to bring home all the things that the store threw out. So basically they were a lot of broken unwanted toys, but his heart was in the right place and that meant a lot. He put a roof over our heads and food in our stomach. Oh there were times when we had some arguments. When he was about 63 he passed away during his sleep from a massive heart attack. That is what smoking constantly and drinking beer every night will do to you. I was the one that had to check him to make sure he was really gone. It was very difficult at 18 years old to go through that.

 So what do I remember about the Catholic Church and Christmas time ? Well I remember the Christmas Wreaths around the Church and the Manger Scene that they set up in the Church. I remember the really nice nice Masses, where the acoustic guitar playing became popular. I also remember getting a little box of hard candy that lasted for a little while. I do remember going a few times to Midnight Mass and being really tired. It was just that time of the season I will always remember, plus all the Christmas Hyms that were sung during Mass.

 I will tell you that in the last few years of my Stepfathers life we did become closer. I remember he did not have a car, so I drove him to the store on some very cold winter nights. He did teach me how to use the big snowblower to clean out the driveway. Sadly I was the one that had to blow the snow out of the driveway on that cold September night when he passed away. I can remember going to  work as the night custodian and having all these strange thoughts going through my head as to what our family would do without my Stepfather.

 Well time went on and we made it through the many Christmases to follow. I am now almost the age when he passed away, but I do not follow the path of drinking and smoking that he did. I hope to live a long time and see many more Christmases to come with my grandchildren some day.

Thank You For Reading and Merry Christmas !

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