THE BEST GIFT

I love Christmas!! I have always loved it. My mother was the one who made me love Christmas so much because she loves Christmas so much. As a child, though we did not have much money, my mother would make things special, even fruit, candy, and nuts. I believed in Santa, with all my heart, until I was around 12 or 13 years old. Those were special times.

Today, I try to temper my holiday enthusiasm, but it is hard to do. You will probably think I’m weird, but I play Christmas music year-round on my i-Pod. I love Christmas Time is Here (Charlie Brown), Silent Night by Mannheim Streamroller, White Christmas by the Drifters, and, above all else, The Best Gift by Barbara Streisand. This song has a lovely melody and has a lot meaning to me since my only child/son was born around Christmas. See what you think of the song’s lyrics…

The best gift
That I ever got
Didn't really weigh a lot
It didn't have a ribbon 'round
And it sometimes made the terrible sound
The best of all it seems to me
It wasn't beneath the Christmas tree
And yet, I guess I'd have to say
That it made all the otherpresents twice as gay
The best gift that I've ever known
I'd always wanted most to own
Yet in my dreams of sugar and spice
I never thought it could be so nice
The best gift that I ever got
Was sometimes dry and sometimes wet
Was usually pink but oftentimes red
As it lay so innocently in its bed
The best gift of the year to me
The one I hold most dear to me
A gift that simply drove me wild
Was a tiny new born child...

Oh, those words “tug” at my heart!!