Dec 25 2007
Merry Christmas!
It has been a full and sometimes difficult year, and we are thankful to have made it through to this lovely time where we can celebrate our Savior’s birth and rest from our labors, or at least my labors in my vocation.
Jesus has come to bring light and life into a world filled with darkness and death. May He bring both to each of you!
We have finally come to the point where we have Christmas traditions that we hold tight as a family:
**Christmas eve (last night) we enjoy a traditional Swedish Christmas dinner with the Ben-Ezra family in their home.
**Each year we purchase a Christmas tree late, so that it will last through the 12 days of Christmas, including Steven-mas and Gabrielle-mas.
**We decorate the tree together. I put on the star last as we sing As With Gladness Men of Old.
**We have the traditional NOEL vs. LEON battle held on the mantle in the burnt plum room.
**We have Christmas morning together with presents
**Christmas brunch including the Ben-Ezras and anyone else who was invited in a given year, including biscuits and gravy and kringle pastries (this year we made our own!)
**Reading the story of Stephen the martyr and singing Good King Wenceslas on the 26th. (there are others, I’m sure, but I’m not remembering them at the moment)
Whatever your family traditions, join in celebrating the love, light, life and peace that Jesus has brought into the world today and every day–and may His love capture your heart and life so that you celebrate as one of His saved souls.
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
Merry Christmas from our house to all of yours!
