The Hope that Christmas Brings
Merry Christmas everyone! It's Christmas Day! Come with me as I reminisce how Christmas has changed for me (which may be similar to your experience) and what I have found about Christmas to always stay the same. When I was young, the magic and mystery of Christmas surrounded me. Time seemed to slow the months, weeks, days and even hours before Christmas. It was as if time played a trick on me every year and dragged its feet like a rebellious child not wanting to enter the room named Christmas, no matter how hard I tried to convince it to get there earlier. I couldn't wait for Christmas Day. I couldn't wait for the opportunity to actually want to wake up at 6 in the morning. Presents would appear under the tree that weren't there the night before. The magic of Christmas infected me. And though I didn't know it then, I had tapped into something about Christmas, its joy and excitement, ultimately personified in hope that should be in everyone's Chri