Snow Globes

Across the Fence # 581


It had been an unseasonably warm December in the Kingdom of Driftless Beauty. It looked like the kingdom was in for a brown Christmas and New Year’s. Most of the children were worried that Santa wouldn’t be able to deliver their presents without any snow. Many children had asked for skis and sleds and there wouldn’t be any use for them without snow. 

That Christmas Eve there was still no sign of snow. Everyone was getting very worried. The sky was as clear as glass and not a snowflake to be seen. There was a lot of tension and negative energy in the air. All the children in the kingdom were staring at the sky for any sign of a snowflake. Christmas was almost here and unless it began to snow soon it was going to be a Christmas without any presents.

The only kids who didn’t care if it didn’t snow were with the Sherpe brothers. They had asked Santa for BB guns. They wouldn’t need snow to play with their Christmas presents. They didn’t believe that Santa brought their presents. They were sure that their parents bought them and hid them some place in the house until Christmas, when they brought them out on Christmas Eve and put them under the tree. They decided to start hunting through the house and see if they could find a couple of packages that looked like guns. They looked everywhere but they found nothing. They were beginning to wonder if maybe there was a Santa Claus and he still had their presents in his sleigh at the North Pole.

On Christmas morning they found skis and sleds under their tree instead of guns. Santa knows best what a person should have at Christmas. He knew it was going to snow and that they would want to ski and slide down the hills on their sleds with the other children. 

Suddenly there was a huge disturbance in the air, the earth began shaking, and snow began to fall, lightly at first, and then it became heavier and heavier. Soon there was a complete whiteout in the air as snowflakes filled the sky. Children of the Kingdom of Driftless Beauty looked out their windows at the wonderful sight of snow swirling through the air. They were filled with joy as they watched snowflakes settle gently to the ground and accumulate. They realized Santa would be able to use his sleigh to deliver presents after all. The negative atmosphere that had filled the air earlier had been replaced by positive energy. Suddenly, the darkness in the sky was lit by a bright light that appeared, and the image of a sleigh pulled by reindeer could be seen. It was Santa. He was going to make it. Now that there was snow, Santa would be able to deliver presents to all the good little girls and boys. The children would be able to use their new skis and sleds in the morning.

That evening the snow continued to fall gently to the ground and the air took on the appearance of glass again. Children of the kingdom who were looking out their windows at the falling snow, realized they could see images in the glass-like sky. There were happy, smiling faces looking at them through the glass sky. The children realized they were living inside a snow globe and were looking out at the world beyond the globe, instead of into the globe. Someone on the outside had finally picked it up and shaken it, causing the snow to arrive, making it possible for Santa to use his sleigh and reindeer to deliver their presents. What had been an unhappy, snowless Christmas was turning into a beautiful, wonderful, white Christmas for those who lived in the snow globe and for those who had made it all possible when they had picked it up and shaken it, releasing the magic within the globe. It was a beautiful sight as the snow gently swirled through the air and fell to the ground.

Never pass up the opportunity to witness the magic of a snow globe. Next time you look at one and shake it, think of someone living inside that snow globe and looking back at you. Maybe we all live in a giant snow globe too, and someone just needs to shake up our world to make it come alive. 

                                                             

                                                               

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s with all the magic of the season, and that it was also filled with snow globes. 

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