My Grown up Christmas List

I've never made a Christmas list. I'm one of those flexible gift receivers! haha. I love the surprise! Gifts should be filled with thought; wrapped with love and a presented with a magical moment of surprise! I like hiding my presents and doing the classic �TADAH!� to the unsuspecting.

Now that I have a shop filled to the brim with baked goodies and decorated cakes; it�s hard to amuse people with such gifts from me anymore; it�s easy to assume how I have the convenient luxury of picking a couple items off the shelves.

I�m not the best at memorizing carol lyrics, I don�t remember much from the one Christmas morning I spent at church a long time ago and all I gather is everyone around the world of any culture celebrate this Christian holiday! Being brought up Buddhist; dad bought sis and I a fun character booklet bible for kids so we could learn more about other religions. I remember reading the many inspiring stories and having fun with the adorable sheep cartoons.

So how have I been warming up to the season? well...

• We�ve been full force at production closing into Christmas week.

• Last weekend I sang Christmas carols and had a yule log with a truly warm and fun crowd of food lovers from a myriad of different cultures and religions. Just an afternoon of wholesome good fun!
  

• On the eve of Christmas; I was presented thoughtful presents and holiday hugs at an impromptu lunch celebration at one of our regular Malaysian haunts.

• I exchanged gifts with those I had the opportunity to�and am still making a good effort shopping for loved ones I had not found the perfect gift for yet. I rarely have the time to shop; but now I've got a good reason to!

I�m not going to attempt to explain or describe Christmas as something I am well versed with; but what I do know is; it is the time of year when everyone is filled with well wishes, hugs, love, forgiveness and a silly holiday smile plastered on!

I suppose, commercialization of the whole religious holiday was a good thing after all! *teehee.

Christmas isn�t over yet though� I continue to hunt for xmas pressies; and snowmen cupcakes are still being asked for in our store. I guess this is a brief brief breather we�re getting before the New Years wave hits us in less than a week!

HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!

Just in case you�d like to get Su a pressie too;� here�s my grown up Christmas list *wink

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So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself, but for a world in need

No more lives torn apart

That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth?

Maybe only in that blind belief can we ever find the truth

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