I'll Be Home For Christmas

Honestly. Who doesn't love the holidays?

This year, I am looking forward to:

Making candy with my mom

Playing Mario Kart Wii with my brother and sisters

Going scouching

Buying (and wrapping!!) Christmas presents

Making Christmas crafts (i.e. the Gingerbread House)

Going caroling to the oldest people in the world (we do it every year)

Christmas Eve
(this is another story, but in some ways, it's better than Christmas itself)

Exploring Temple Square:


Hot tubbing at the Luczak's Cabin

But I am most excited
to see my family.
To spend time with them,
to not think about school,
and to remember the reason for the season.

Thanks be to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
for penning my favorite Christmas hymn
and thanks be to Jesus Christ
for giving him a reason:


I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

I thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

And in despair I bowed my head:
"There is no peace on earth," I said,
"For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men."

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men."

Till, ringing singing, on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,
Of peace on earth, good will to men!

I can't wait to be back with my family for Christmastime. Just 2 more tests and a 10 page paper! Good luck on your finals, everybody, and Merry Christmas!