This is not meant to sound super spiritual or pious. I hate it when things sound like that. It's just that as the years pass by, as the Christmas memories accumulate, the more I see that really and truly He is the One who gives meaning to the celebration. He is the greatest gift, God come to our planet to be one of us - the Saviour who loves us, longs to know us and have us know Him. He understands us perfectly. He should - He created us! He paid the price for our messed up ways when He died on the cross and now He offers His forgiveness to us as a free gift.
As much as I cherish the family get togethers, the joy on my kids' faces as they open that "special gift," the heartwarming music and the twinkling lights on my tree ... I am falling in love with Jesus more all the time and I would celebrate Him with or without all those trappings. And not just in December.
Merry Christmas to you!
O come let us adore Him.
