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Carolyn Martel
Today I was thinking about my childhood memories of Christmas.
When I was a kid, we didn’t celebrate Christmas Day at home. We always celebrated it at my grandmother’s home along with all my mother’s brothers, sisters, their spouses and children. Thank goodness for my grandmother’s big farm house, because that was a lot of folks!
When I was a little girl, children didn’t receive numerous gifts at Christmas. One Christmas gift was the norm. I remember when I was five years old, I received two dolls as Christmas gifts! I was so excited and felt so blessed! One doll was a gift from my parents, and the other doll was a gift from my favorite aunt.
When the time came to open our Christmas gifts, I noticed that my five year old cousin, Elmira had received a couple pair of warm, fuzzy socks.
It was probably all her parents could afford, since they were poor south Georgia farmers.
Mom leaned over and whispered in my ear,“ Why don’t you give Elmira one of your dolls.” I immediately got up and walked over to where my cousin was sitting on the floor, and handed her one of my dolls. My cousin repeatedly hugged and kissed the doll. The look on her face was one of pure joy, awe and gratitude for the gift I had given her.
When it comes to Christmas gifts, Billy Graham said, “Too often we lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas, and we fail to reflect on the greatest Christmas gift of all: God’s gift of His Son, Jesus Christ for our salvation.
He came into this world for one reason: to make it possible for our sins to be forgiven, so we could become part of God’s family forever.”
This Christmas, may we all express joy, awe and gratitude to God for the greatest gift of all–Jesus Christ!
Carolyn Martel of Forsyth is the retired long-time advertising manager for the Reporter. Email her at carolynmartel1@bellsouth.net.
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