We sang along to our favorite Christmas playlists, and drove through Creekstone neighborhood, to the square, and waited an hour long car line to see the Bentonville Heart Lights. It’s was worth it! On the way home, we stopped at the “maze house” and got out to do the Christmas maze, too. We were the only people there, thankfully, since we forgot to bring masks. Then the Pezeley family arrived and we had a distanced hello! And then loaded up quickly so their high risk Bradley boy could run through the maze without us breathing all over him. It’s a pain to live in this covid world, but decisions like that are just not difficult to make. We are our brothers keepers. If we love one another, it’s just not a challenge to help keep each other healthy. I’m so tired of people announcing “masks and distancing just aren’t for me!” And coming in for a hug in the parking lot after church. Rude! If masks aren’t for you, so be it, but stay distances or respect that you’re still on church property where policies exist to keep everyone healthy. Go ahead and socialize outside after church, but don’t go hugging people because “I’m just a rebel” or rip your mask off the minute you step out the door and then start putting your arms around people. I get that it’s hard for you to wear a mask. But you don’t have a radar that tells you who is immunocompromised, so respect everyone as if they are. Because it’s the Christian thing to do. That’s my soap box, amen.
Ok back to the lights. Bentonvillle heart lights are so cool. The family has their lights timed to music and even the neighbors participate in a dueling banjo version of jingle bells. So good. And how cute is the square? The lights here have come a long way! We do kind of miss the old days when there were horse and buggy rides, camels, and a Nativity. But all these trees and the addition of a giant Christmas tree where the confederate soldier used to be are lovely.
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