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“I think people need something they can save,” that’s what a long time Hallmark card artist says. Mary Hamilton, who has spent 55 years drawing and painting designs for Hallmark cards, knows how to spread the Christmas Spirit. In a digital throwaway world, hard copy cards still seem to hang on. We want to have a tangible symbol for an intangible idea.
I have been thinking about what it means to have the “Christmas Spirit”. My dad, who turned 90 last summer, told me a few days ago that he was having a hard time getting into the Christmas Spirit. It has been that way for him since my Mom passed away a couple of years ago. But a few presents, boxes of candy and phone calls have helped him to recapture the same joy that my Mom used to share when she was alive.
My sister sent me a couple of “forwards” this morning. I don’t generally even open the email marked “Fw:” that my friends and family send me. There’s just not enough time to read them all. But these two made the cut. And in their quaint but endearing tales of generosity, they reminded me once again that the Christmas Spirit is not a tangible thing. It’s not so much about what we get really. It’s about what we give. And that feeling that we get from giving is even more savable than the Hallmark card we put back to enjoy next Christmas.
So, if you haven’t gotten the Christmas Spirit yet, reach out to someone in kindness and fellowship. And share God greatest gift, the love God has for us.
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