I Was Just Wondering

If Mary Celebrated Christmas in the 21st Century . . .

• Would her December calendar look like a color-coded advertisement for Franklin/Covey day planners?



• Would she sew a reindeer costume for her first grader?



• Would she write an annual Christmas letter?



• Would she shop for presents for all her relatives and friends, the wise men, shepherds, herald angels, the angel of the Lord, and just to be on the safe side, the innkeeper and King Herod?



• Would she avoid the postal rush by mailing her packages by Thanksgiving?



• Would she decorate her home to look like a Christmas fairyland?



• Would she host a holiday party for all the coworkers in Joseph's carpentry shop?



• Would she listen to Christmas albums by The Carpenters, Kenny G and Barbara Streisand?



• Would she read "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" to her preschoolers and go see the movie?



• Would she create gingerbread houses and distribute them to the neighbors?



• Would the family Christmas tree be real Scotch pine or artificial?



• Would she remind Joseph to hang the Christmas tree lights?



• Would she bake sugar cookies from dough in a tube or make them from scratch?



• Would she contribute a cross-stitch project to her community's Christmas craft fair?



• Would she get tickets for "The Nutcracker Ballet?"



• Would she watch videos of "Miracle on 34th Street," "It's A Wonderful Life" and "Home Alone?"



• Would she help her children put out milk and cookies for Santa Claus?



• Would she serve ham or turkey for Christmas dinner?



• With all the "goodwill toward men" squeezed onto her holiday To-Do List, would she leave space to ponder the birth of her Firstborn Son?