As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. Christmas has always been my family’s favorite holiday. The kids are out of school and we get to spend a lot of time together (we drive each other crazy after the first week). We have several different traditions such as the candlelight service at our church on Christmas Eve, or going to Granny’s house afterwards and allowing the kids to open one present, knowing full well the gift they open will always be their Christmas pajamas to sleep in that night. We have many more traditions we honor during this time, but there are none more important than reminding one another of the reason for the holiday.
There are 2 topics which are a bit taboo for us to write about, religion and politics. I am going to touch on religion for just a minute. I’m giving you prior warning, so you can change the channel now if it’s going to offend your beliefs. Continue reading »