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Today is Christmas Eve. It’s a day of anticipation and expectation. Hopefully at your house all the presents are purchased and wrapped and all the groceries are bought in hopes of a great feast with family tomorrow.
My Christmas festivities are a little different. For fifteen years I have worked on Christmas Eve. In every church I have served, we have always had a Christmas Eve service and that takes preparation and time. It has probably not been as hard on me as it has been on the preacher’s kid (aka P.K.) who lived in my home for many years and still celebrates Christmas with me.
I remember another P.K. who told me the story of eating hot dogs on Christmas Day because his Pastor Dad was busy visiting other families. It has never been that bad in our home but I will say that we have had some interesting Christmas feasts. One year my daughter wanted to have a picnic for Christmas. So we spread a quilt on the floor, lined up all her dolls around the edges and had fried chicken nuggets for dinner. Remember the little toy that had fishes that reached up and gobbled at a magnet on a fishing pole? Well, we went fishing after the picnic on Christmas Day and never had to leave our living room!
So, this Christmas may not be an ideal one for you. In fact, like some of the elderly folks in my congregation, you may even have to spend it alone. But no matter what you do, remember that you are not ever really all by yourself. There is a God up in the heavens who loves you and wants the best of New Years for you …
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