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$\"\"$ <\/a>I remember Christmas when I was a kid. The music, the cookies, the decorations, the gifts. We didn\u2019t do Santa, but it was still a very magical time. I remember how much I looked forward to Christmas. It always seemed like it would never<\/em> come!<\/p>\n

And now, I\u2019m the adult. Now, it\u2019s my job to create that magic for my own children. You know what no one told me when I was a kid? First of all, no one told me how much was involved in creating that magic. And second, no one told me that making that magic would be just as much fun as consuming the magic was as a child.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that it\u2019s not a lot of work. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t reach that point where I wonder what the point of actually wrapping<\/em> presents is, or where I feel like eating leftovers would be easier than cooking up an official Christmas dinner. It\u2019s not like my kids always react to, say, opening a present the the way I had hoped they would. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s not sometimes extremely frustrating. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t sometimes want to tear my hair out and just head off to my room with a book.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just that, in the end, I find making the magic incredibly\u00a0rewarding<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m not just talking about Christmas here. I\u2019m talking about Easter, the Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and any other holiday one happens to celebrate. I\u2019m talking about family reunions and birthday parties. I\u2019m talking about baby showers and anniversaries. I\u2019m talking about weddings and open houses and cookouts. And of course, I\u2019m talking about\u00a0Hanukkah\u00a0and Ramadan and Solstice and Diwali and whatever other holidays or festivals one celebrates.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>So here\u2019s to all those times and all those makers of magic. Here\u2019s to all those late nights planning, here\u2019s to all the cooking of food, and here\u2019s to all those who keep the peace and bring people together. You are too often forgotten.<\/p>\n

And of course, a Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates the season!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"