Today was the yearly staff-greening of the church building. That means that our staff spent the better part of the day decorating the building on University Drive for the Christmas season. I am not an overly-enthusiastic decorator (I lived in dorm rooms for 3 years without ever hanging any posters or pictures on the walls) but I like decorating for Christmas. I’ve noticed that folks tend to fall into 1 of 3 basic decorating types:
1. The Gusher–LOVES LOVES LOVES everything about the process. Oohs ans Ahhs over the lights, sticks her face in the fresh-cut tree to soak up the smell, does the dance of joy when the garland is unrolled. Has probably been listening to Christmas music since Halloween ended.
2. The Grumbler–doesn’t want to even be in the presence of the Gusher, much less help out with the decorating. Guaranteed to get stuck with the strand of lights that only half works. Thinks bah-humbug balances out the Gusher’s glee.
3. The Go-With-the-Flow–OK, what do you want me to do? I’m here, I’m part of the team, give me a job and hand me a cookie. Overall pretty pleasant to work with, seems to feed off the Gusher’s glee.
I’m pretty much in category #3. I spent most of the day hanging around the light crew. It was a good opportunity to hear about some of the staffers’ Christmas memories and learn about their story. I was up and down a ladder about a thousand times hanging humongous strands of garland around the worship room. My perfectionistic tendencies came out (didn’t know I had those, did you?) and I had to go back to re-do one whole side of the room to make it (closer to) even.
Our family hasn’t really gotten into the swing of Christmas decorating yet. I have the lights on the house, but there’s a lot of work to be done yet. We’ll head out to cut down a tree sometime later this week. Kim’s definitely more enthusiastic about the trimming of the tree than I am, and she’s passed it on to the children. Each child has their very own “My 1st Christmas” ornament that gets a special place on the tree, and they’ll spend a day stringing popcorn and hanging ornaments. We’ve got to buy 2 more ornaments this year!
So which type of Christmas decorator are you?
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