Keeping Christmas Through the Year

Looking Ahead: Keeping Christmas Through the Year

 This blog has always been rooted in a particular season — one filled with light, tradition, memory, and care. While it naturally comes alive in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the heart of the season doesn’t disappear once the decorations are packed away.  Going forward, I plan to keep this space active throughout the year with one simple rhythm: Rudolph Day.

Rudolph Day is traditionally observed on the 25th of each month. My Christmas friends and I use it as a small, fun  reminder of Christmas spirit tucked into the year. On those days, I’ll be sharing a short post inspired by whatever feels seasonally or personally meaningful at the time. Sometimes that might be a recipe, crafts, or a nature inspired idea. Sometimes it will be a memory, sometimes a bit of practical preparation for Christmas and sometimes just a quiet reflection.

These posts won’t be about holding onto Christmas too tightly. Instead, they’re about carrying forward the parts of the season that matter most to us — warmth, light, generosity, comfort, and connection — even as the year changes around us. 

I like the quote from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: “I will Honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”  I think that is my real goal. 

If something especially Christmas-themed appears in our lives outside of those days, I may share it too. But there is no pressure here. This is meant to be gentle, sustainable, and true to how we actually live.

When October arrives, the pace and focus will naturally shift again as the Christmas season approaches. Until then, Rudolph Day will be a small marker — a pause to prepare for next Christmas, to remember, reflect, and keep a little light glowing.

I’m glad you’re joining me in this journey.