Driving Spirit

December 19th 1982 I arrived to the US for the first time. I was very sad to leave my cousins and  friends behind but excited to see snow for the first time. It had snowed three days prior and the piles of gray snow I saw on the side of the roads were very disappointing .There was however one thing that put a smile on my face , an old station wagon, you know the ones with the wood like panels on the outer doors, YES that one! It was decorated for Christmas, it had a wreath attached to the front! "Christmas jewelery for the car I thought" What spirit they must have here!I told myself that as soon as I had a car I would decorate it for Christmas .Four years later I got my first car and apparently, I was too cool for a wreath. Then life happened and now, 27 years later  I put a wreath on my car and made my friend do it also. I LOVE IT! People look at it and smile, it's simple but in the madness of it all, when I'm rushing to go here or there, I notice people smiling at my wreath and it makes me happy and reminds me of what the holidays are for! My friend and I are starting a new tradition, we will be hanging wreaths from our cars the day after Thanksgiving and kicking off the Holiday season. Will you join us? We want people to make us smile too!