No other holiday does it. Sneaks up on you like Christmas does. Take Thanksgiving. It comes every fourth Thursday in November. And what do you have to do to get ready for it? Cook a turkey and/or ham, some sweet potatoes and cranberries. Think about our most patriotic day -- Fourth of July. No one starts counting the days until the Fourth and gets stressed out. Look at Easter, the holiest of all days to Christians. It may come very early in spring or days later, but it always follows Good Friday and is a happy day, always welcome, and it does not sneak up. But Christmas, one day it is weeks away and then you wake up one morning and what has happened, Christmas is only a week away. Yes, Christmas sneaks up on you.
At least I've finished addressing and mailing Christmas cards. You realize that Christmas card lists are either short or long, never medium length. There are names that must be sent a card, and then there are many more names that could be included, but if you add one or two of those then there are more in that same category; Some people solve this by sending no cards or by posting a message by e-mail or face book. There was a time when people stayed in touch by exchanging letters. That was important to historians who get excited when a collection of letters written during the Civil War or World War II is discovered. The telephone replaced letters and the internet is the preferred vehicle now. I agree that in some cases it is practical and quick. One member of a family can instantaneously inform other members of changes, good or bad.
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