Christmas Spirit.

Ok. I know that it's outrageously early to be thinking about Christmas. It's not even freakin Thanksgiving yet. But I can't help it. I'm sick right now. Like I'm coughing and sneezing and stuff. But I feel great. I can't explain it. But I figured it out. Here's what I told my dad. 'Dad, I have Christmas fever. That's what's going on.'

I mean it's not hard to understand. Christmas is the best holiday of all. You've got family, friends, food, gifts, and fat men coming down the chimney and flying around with his flying deer. I remember I could never fall asleep the night before because I'd be so excited for the next morning. So when my parents would get annoyed and tell me to go to bed I would pretend to sleep. Yup. Just lie there awake and pretend to be a log. No matter how hard I tried I could not fall asleep. It was just too exciting like one of those times where you don't think you'll ever be able to fall asleep yafeel? Woops. Got sidetracked. But seriously, does it get better? I'm thinking it's pretty hard-pressed to beat. But that's not why I love Christmas so much.

What Christmas used to mean to me was that I'd get gifts. I know, pretty shallow right? But you know, being a lil'un and all, there wasn't much else I thought about when Christmas time came 'round. Now I find that as I'm getting older, (Can you even consider 15 old?) I have less need for material things. I don't know what's changed. It's just that when Christmas and birthdays come around, I don't know of anything that I need. What Christmas means to me has definitely changed.

Christmas isn't what you get. It's what you give. Gone are the days where I'd race to the tree in the morning to count up my gaudy present totals. Receiving presents is great, it feels good to get something from someone that you've really wanted for a long time. But it's an even better feeling when you're the one that's sent the gift. Just the look on their face is priceless youknow? I feel like that guy in the Kay commercial. Or maybe it was Visa. I don't really know. Anyways, I've learned that to get is good, but to give always makes you feel a million times better. In a world where everyone's life is centered around getting, getting, getting, it's amazing how wonderful giving can feel. Getting never changed anyone's life but your own, but giving, even in the smallest quantities can make such a huge impact on someone else's. Christmas this year got me thinkin bout that. So yeah dude. Pretty much all I had to say. Enjoy your holiday. Some free time to spend with the fam, the friends, and really appreciate how lucky we all are. Because if you're sitting there reading this right now, you've got and computer. And you've got the time to read this. Which is more than a ton of people can say. Merry Christmas ya'll.