Every year I try to think of some off-the-wall way to serve/help/
de-materialize Christmas. (Last year we caroled to some
elderlies on Christmas Day - went over like a lead balloon with my
fam). This year, our Bishop thought of one for me. My husband was luckily out of town with Indy - so Laina, Ella and I went and rang the BELL by ourselves. We loved doing it. We loved talking with people as they walked by. Laina and I were a 2 man act...she was dancing around the bucket and ringing her bell and we were belting out as many Christmas songs as we could think of - and we
coulda cared less who put money in and who didn't (just for the record they handed her tons of cash :). We were shameless and
embarrassed our family for generations to come.
I started to worry as we drove away though...what if I just showed her how easy it is to stand on a corner and beg for cash????! I
should've thrown Ella's
carseat out there and taken some of it home with us! (Oh my poor husband! The
embarrassment!)
Katy (of Katydids :) and her kids....they sang a LOT better than us.
And Bishop Brett - out
peddaling his kids to drum up some cash :)
Katy (of Katydids :) and her kids....they sang a LOT better than us.
1 comment:
That's funny. Today there were 2 girls ringing the bell and singing in front of our grocery store. I almost wanted to give them money to make them STOP singing. It wasn't so good, but hey, at least they were doing something. Good for you.
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