A Christmas to remember

What do you remember most of Christmas past long ago? It 's the gift is received or those that date?

Why is it that I remember what I ate children at the Christmas table, but not as one that was wrapped under the tree last year? Why I remember filling squid for dinner on Christmas Eve in my mother's kitchen or the scent of roast pork or roast me with my father in a old tin pan with holes through and kept openThe fireplace in the living room? Because I remember my father's throne, as he told stories of his family and a boy in the small mountain town Malvern, Italy Saturday, where he grew up and where I was born? Why can not I hear the song "From the body Siendo Tu" ("You come from the stars") 11 sang the midnight Mass at the old church, high on the mountain, when I visited Malvern at Christmas, when was I? And because I remember how it was when myMother sang, and we made Christmas cookies traditional market, why are these and many other memories, as in life, while most of the others fade away so easily?

Wow - a whole paragraph of questions! If I am quiet, I heard the answers.

I enjoy giving gifts --- especially if the person I expected it to be given. But, to make Christmas gifts - you should wrap - so out of hand. We have presented in the closet from last Christmas, havestill be used.

The gifts I received and given - what I remember and love most - the kind that can not be contained in a box. I'm the type that reduce not know how they are given. They are the ones that grow in us and to get past. They are unlimited.

So I leave the comfort of a child, scared of peace, forgiveness of someone who is an old grudge, and the joy of all who cross my path. Make me laugh at myself when I take things too seriously. I welcome you to my homepagefilled with the smell of pumpkin pie (or garlic) and roasted chestnuts in my fireplace. Let me give an instant, prepared with the finest ingredients, and with thoughts of love in my heart. And that all who come to my side desk for peace and joy that the purpose of spreading it.

I wish each of you a happy and peaceful Christmas.