Creaking open the door to the Christmas Kitchen this July

 

Yes, although I've been absent from the Christmas kitchen since early April, I'm creaking open the door this morning and welcoming you all to Christmas in July.  I can barely express to you in words how very, very busy the past few months have been.

My hope is to post every day (or nearly every day) in July.  I have a few ideas for posts but mostly I will be winging it.  I plan to share ideas, recipes, craft projects, Christmas fabric collections, some vintage Christmas cards and other goodies, and much more.  We will see how it goes!

I've been doing Christmas in July for a dozen or so years, and I often think my ideas are running dry, but somehow I always come up with blog fodder for most days in July.

For today I just want to share a line or two from the Helen Steiner Rice poem "Let Us Live Christmas Every Day".  I featured this poem a number of years ago, but it is worth repeating.

"If we lived Christmas each day, as we should, 

and made it our aim to always do good, 

We'd find the lost key to meaningful living

 that comes not from Getting, 

but from unselfish Giving."

Let's think about at least living this out every day this July.  I will see you tomorrow here in the Christmas kitchen!