Tis The Season

*Sung to Deck the Halls*

Tis the Season to run ragged, fa la la la la la la la la

Brains are fried and nerves are jagged, fa la la la la la la la la

Sales are everywhere for shopping, fa la la fa la la la la la

Christmas really has us hopping, fa la la la la la la la la

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I'm as guilty as the next person.  I get caught up in all the hullabaloo that is the Holiday Season just like everyone else.  The entire calender for the month of December is filled to the top of the blocks with things to be, places to do, and people to go.  Or is it people to be and things to go?  Or maybe places.....to people....with things?  Moving on....

A few days ago I was in a meeting and going over my calendar for the things I needed to get done before Christmas, and then it hit me.  I'm not in a meeting, and I'm actually talking to my desk lamp.  No wonder I didn't get interrupted as much as usual.  And here I thought things were going smoothly....

We get so caught up and running around and getting/making/stealing/re-gifting presents for the ones we love. Haven't we totally missed the point of Christmas?  I mean, baby Jesus didn't come into the world to save us from paying retail.  And during His ministry on Earth not once did Jesus say "Knock down people to buy three button Henley tees at Kohl's on black Friday because you can get two for the price of one."  Yep...missing the point.

The entire point of the whole thing is....

LOVE.

God loved us so much He sent His Son.  Jesus loved us so much He died for us.  Don't we need to spend this time remembering that?  And I don't mean love like the love we all have for our Apple products, even though that's some pretty intense love.  This is Amazing Love.  Selfless Love.  Pure, Unconditional.  If that iPhone breaks, we don't love it anymore.  God loves all of us, even if we're broken.

All joking aside, no matter what your personal preferences, remember why we celebrate our Holidays.  Here's a clue......it isn't to make the retail fat cats that much richer.