One quality needed in any marriage is patience. Especially at this time of year patience is a necessary ingredient when instead of showing love, many people seem to be impatiently pushing past others and not wanting to take time to talk because they are so busy.
On Friday afternoon Mick and I decorated our Christmas tree. We put the wreath on the front door, the nativity scene in the window, a Christmas tableaus sitting on the coffee table and a few scattered baskets of tinsel and pine cones, but hadn’t done anything about lights.
Come Saturday Mick and I decided we needed to get the light display up. We never go overboard with lights. It’s usually just a few in the front window. First it was the star outline and then next to it the bell. This took long enough to get positioned exactly right. I thank God for the patience of my darling husband who didn’t throw up his hands in despair when I insisted it wasn’t quite straight or needed to be moved to the right. He patiently fiddled till I was satisfied.
Then it was time for the string of lights. What is it about Christmas lights that you can put them away neatly yet next year when you take them out they are tangled. I’m sure their must be Christmas light gremlins live in the boxes.
Mick draped one string of blue lights in a diamond shape and then filled in underneath with plain colored lights. It might not be everyone’s idea of Christmas lights but it suits us because it is simple.
What I did afterwards in words and actions was to make sure to show my appreciation for Mick’s patience is doing the job and for getting it to look so good. Maybe we if all showed a bit more patience this Christmas we might have more Christmas spirit.
Mick’s other great idea was to hang the Christmas tableau under the ceiling light in the lounge room. It took some fiddling but it looks fantastic, especially when the light is on.
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