It's Christmas Charlie Brown....

And our office has a tree in his honor.  We all like it because of it's imperfections.  I think a tree cut right from the bush has a great deal of character.  It is forced to grow in it's own unique way because of outside variables of which it has no control.

Kind of like us.  We grow up in a particular home, some of which have a good many positive influences and we become self-confident and satisfied with life while other homes give us "side effects" where our imperfections become a real part of us, ones we simply can't hide from the world, but make us who we are nonetheless.  Either way, when we stand in front of the window, dressed up in our finest duds, we are what we are, imperfections and all.

And here is one such tree...

Our friend and co-worker from Creighton, Donna Lundquist, sent all of us a beautiful Christmas bouquet today too.  Simply divine and festive...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....everywhere you go......