This past Sunday at church was our children's program where they got to sing for everyone. Bubby had a line, and I was so excited! The were spelling out Christmas and what each letter stood for. Poor little guy had practiced his line for a week, and then Sunday he got stage fright.
Then Monday I took my grandmother to see A Christmas Carol at Beef & Boards (a dinner and theater place). You have those moments where you realize that at sometime you forgot what it was truly about... Every year you watch The Muppets Christmas Carol and you know the movie front to back, but it's the listening. Are you listening to Christmas? Watching the play Monday I was practically bawling. How did I forget that the importance of the Christmas Carol?! It's more than knowing that "Christmas is more than money"; it's realizing that this one man was not only condemning himself but hurting everyone around him and had the ability to save them. It eludes that if Scrooge didn't change his ways not only would he die, but Tiny Tim would die as well. The common thing at Christmas time has always been to remember that's it not about the money and buying presents but being with family and friends.... It's a step past that though. It's knowing that you make a difference to someone, to everyone. You matter and what you do to/for someone else matters even more.
Monday evening when I got home with my son we watched A Claymation Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town (two of my traditions), and also Rudolph together. My next epiphany was during Santa Claus... At the end of the movie Santa has to pick just one day a year to make his gift run because it was getting to be too much. "They chose, of course, the holiest night of the year. The night of profound love, which was the perfect night for giving....Christmas Eve." There is also a cross hanging on their Christmas tree in that scene. I realized that I have yet to explain to my son the true meaning of Christmas Eve. At his age right now I know it will be simplistic, but it's the importance of knowing that everyone even Santa honors Christ.
This is always my favorite picture at Christmas time!
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