My Story:
As Christmas is approaching, I've been trying to get into the spirit of things. I really have!! We've been getting a lot of snow here in southern Wisconsin & it seems like, all I've been doing is shoveling! It has been helping a little bit & it will make for a whiter Christmas. I just can't into the spirit of things. Maybe it's a mid-Life crisis thing? I don't have any kids of my own so I don't see those glowing little smiles of anticipation.
This morning I get out of bed & I decide that I'm going to burn a bunch of CD's full of Christmas songs. Songs done by all the favorite R&R stars. Then I would just give them away to people I work with, Bartenders, or maybe people I just pass on the street. This should make me feel a little better, right? I figure out that I'll be needing more CD's. So I drive down to local big-box store. I know exactly where they are in the store. I'll just run in grab what I need & get the heck out of there!
Well, I pull into the parking lot full of cars. Drive around for 15-20 minutes looking for a spot. That may be a bit of exaggeration there.
I see a spot. I go for it. Some woman pulls right in front of me in her beatup Dodge & takes my spot!! I swear she a had a big smile on her face! She wouldn't have been smiling long if I would have gotten a hold of her. I finally find a spot about a 1/2 a mile from the store. I collect myself & start walking, when along comes a group of kids in a car that I'm sure daddy bought for them. They hit a puddle of slush, & low & behold, who do you think is in the path of that flying slush? Yeah, you guessed it, ME!!!! My pants are soaked at this point!! I swear they swerved just to hit that puddle of slush!! Well, I drudge on, because I really need those CD's if I'm going to get any Christmas spirit, right?!! I get to the CD section, NO BLANK CD"S!!! I finally track down a store employee. They run to their supervisor. Finally after about 1/2 hour they dig some more out of the back room. Okay, I got my CD's. I walk toward the checkout lanes when, I swear to God, that same woman that cut me out of of my parking spot is walking toward me & heading for the same line as me.
SHE CUT ME OFF AGAIN!!! I have 1 item, she has about a dozen or so & a screaming little brat in her cart. But NOOOOOOO, she has to go first.
Well, I made it home in 1 piece & burned my CD's, & took a shower. So now I'm feeling a tad bit better but I need your help fellow DPS members.
The Challenge:
Help me regain that good old Christmas spirit. Show me some pictures that you feel represent the
TRUE meaning of Christmas. They don't have to be Christmas related necessarily. A kid helping a little old lady cross the street. Someone giving a homeless person a meal or money. If you don't have any pictures, how about a story of inspiration from your life or hometown. Ramdom Acts of Kindness! Help me regain my faith in humankind!! Once again, the only presents I'll be getting this year are the ones that I buy for myself.
So consider these pictures or stories gifts to me.
I just have 1 more request. No pictures of Christmas lights. We have another thread for that purpose.