I am trying really hard to not fall victim to the Baboushka syndrome this Christmas season. Who is Baboushka? She is the giver of gifts to Russian children.How she reached that status is the syndrome that I am trying to avoid.
It is said that the wiseman from the East visited her village. Announcing their coming was the star but Baboushka missed seeing it due to "housework that needed to be done" The kings stayed at Baboushka's house and slept that day. They invited Baboushka to go with them but she had to clean her house, promising the Kings that she would catch up with as they journeyed onward. She never quite catches them up and so she is thought to give children still the toys that she had intended to give .The best presents are presence not under the tree but a gift. Take time to spend it with those you love.
Why not fix a thermos of hot chocolate and take a drive or walk and see how the display of lights is coming along?
Blessings, Mimi D
