Nate woke us all up at 530am needing to go the bathroom....any other day I could have gotten him back to sleep but not on the day Santa came!! So we started our Christmas morning at 545(like the clock says). It was so fun to watch them open their presents. Sophia was estatic to get her telescope. Nate opened some gamecube games first and his response was, "why am I getting these games...I don't have a gamecube..." and then he realized what was coming. We made our breakfast and then opened the gifts under the tree. It was just a nice, relaxing, lazy day!
I always wonder if we are spending enough time talking about the real meaning of Christmas....enough to drown out the commercialism of the season. We have a few traditions that we carry out throughout the month that focus on just that and read the Christmas story from the Bible on Christmas Eve but sometimes I wonder if it is enough. But then I think our celebration of Christ's birth doesn't just happen in December. We celebrate it everyday as we pray, read the scriptures, and by living good lives. I think I love the Christmas season because for a short time the majority of the world is focused on Christ and giving....wouldn't it be great if we could take that season throughout the next year?
2 comments:
You go girl! That's right, everyday we think about Christmas in the real meaning, without the gifts. Although presentsonce a year doesn't hurt!lol
Your blog was lovely. It is nice to see the kids get what they want and the joy it brings to them and the parents too.
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