happy christmas dear ones. celebrate for the last few hours, that's why you're wearing red, that's why your living room is twinkling. hang your candy canes for the baby Jesus and bring in your tree for mother Hallmark. wrong.

feel the fire and sip your eggnog for the season and the bells and the Child and the stories. blow out your candles and smile til next year; i dont care how commercial people say it's getting, you cant take the christmas out of christmas, even with a price tag. hold the love as long past midnight as you can, because it has to last 364 more days. make the most of this last hour, because christmas is not only beautiful, but it's about being beautiful, to everyone. happy christmas.