Just a small thought, as we get close to the 25th.
Christmas is not a holiday created by toy companies or Hallmark. (Hey, people believe that.) The word "Christmas" is shortened from the original term "Christ's Mass" and is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Our focus should be on Him during this season. Even for those who don't believe in Christ, we should keep our focus on kindness, love, service, and charity, rather than on what gifts we'll get, parties, and making the "perfect" commercial holiday experience for ourselves and/or our children. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for decorating cookies and visiting Santa... but we should spend some time thinking about the true Reason for the season, aside from simply reading the nativity story out of Luke on Christmas Eve/Day and then forgetting about it.
We have a kid-friendly nativity set from Little People. For the past two years when I got the set out for Nicole to set up, she arranged all the nativity pieces so that each person and animal could see the baby Jesus. (Her arrangement from this year is pictured below.) I never prompted her to do this; she did it herself. Children know intrinsically where our focus should be. Let's not forget it. I know I can do much better, that's for sure.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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