the start of a season.




It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The season started off last night with some friends coming over for a Christmas dessert party.  
chocolate, candles, sparkling grape juice, and good friends.
{not a lot tops that}



I'm even extra-excited about Christmas this year, as Grant {almost 5} really, really gets it.
and since he does get it, on my heart these days is this:
{How do we really, truly live out the meaning of Christmas?}
How do we celebrate Christ's birth in such a way that it really makes our Christmas different?


Sure, we give toys to charities.
we'll bake a birthday cake for Jesus.
We'll talk about how Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem.
and then a King was born.


But, somehow, some of those activities just seem like an add-on.
you know what I mean?
We're Christians, and should be celebrating Christ, so we're going to bake a cake for Jesus.
all the while spending more than we should on toys our kids don't really need.
we'll give a few gifts to charities.
all the while getting way caught up in the commercialism off it all.

I do love Christmas. I love giving and getting gifts.
seriously.  I love the excitement and the shopping and the snow and the cold and the frenzy of it all.
{and I'm totally a Christmas-Eve shopper and love it}.

I just want to spend this whole holiday season actually honoring the baby in a manager,
all the while baking and eating and laughing and buying and unwrapping.

 so, it's still on my heart:
{How do we really, truly honor Christ this Christmas?}

I have a few ideas.
but, my coffee is getting cold.
and the kids are getting ready to play super-hero and leap off the coffee table with blankie-capes.

i'm off to catch them.


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Danna said...

I feel like this as well. While putting the little two girls to bed last night we were talking about this. I want Christmas to be about more than just the presents and the tree, I want it to be about Christ's birth. I want my children to recognize the magnitude of what we are celebrating.
Your Christmas decorations are lovely and it sounds like a perfect way to spend an evening :)

Jessica said...

This has been on my heart so much now that Christmas is over. I know we didn't celebrate Christ nearly enough and we focused waaaay too much on presents. It's so hard to balance Christmas in our culture!

On a different note, I've really enjoyed reading your blog! Thanks for writing and sharing!