Where are you Christmas?

Tonight as I was taking my sweet little niece and nephews home a Christmas song came on the radio.  Kaelee, my niece who is 13 turned up the radio so she could here it.  It was the song from the Grinch who Stole Christmas "Where are you Christmas".  I brought back a memory of a Christmas party where I had made Kaelee stand up and sing it in front of a ton of people.  What a cute little song it turned out to be.  What a sweet Christmas that was.

As the song went on I couldn't help but think:  This is my Christmas Theme Song.  I fondly remember Christmases that I couldn't wait for them to come, where I was exited about everything.  This year I didn't even hang a Christmas ornament.  I feel like so much has been going on that I haven't had the time to enjoy Christmas.  I spent one day shopping and that wasn't even shopping really.   I didn't even get Christmas cards out this year. 




As hard as it is, I realize that Christmas isn't all of the things that I put so much stock into.  It isn't about getting the perfect gift or decorating the tree or even the wonderful smells of Christmas.  Christmas is about celebrating the life of my Savior and what he did for me.  It is about spending quality time with those I love, it is about reaching out to those around.  Christmas is about forgetting yourself.   

So to you all... I wish you a Merry Christmas. 

May you have a moment to reflect on the love of the season.

I hope that your heart is touched when you think of all the sweet people who care so much about you, and include me in that list.  

"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. "  Dr. Seuss