CHRISTmas

I was fishing around Facebook the other day and came across this fantastic statement a woman made on her profile info, "Keep Christ in Christmas, Who's with me?" It really grabbed me because we often forget in the hoopla of red, green, gold, blue, Santas, Elves, parades, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and so on that we are celebrating the birth of Christ. Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of receiving gifts from Santa and Mrs. Clause (I still do get gifts from them!) and I couldn't wait to race downstairs to see if he, in fact, had eaten the cookies I left out or drank the milk .. ( there were always some crumbles left over and some milk in the glass). I would like for Addison to also have those experiences but seeing that quote was a reminder to provide her with memories of not only Santa and his gifts but of Christ, the Nativity and more. I should say, we had a beautiful Nativity and my Grandma Betty did as well. I loved looking at both and imagining being there in that time period. We did receive a Nativity Advent Calendar as a gift which is a great start.
As Addison gets bigger we can talk each day about Jesus and the Nativity Scene when she goes to open the little door to each day of December. I certainly look forward to doing that with her!

~Al