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Everly Quest's avatar

I've arrived at the same conclusion: " ... the point I’m trying to make is that conditions have never been perfect at Christmas, and remembrance of this reality should take some of the pressure off of us." For a few years now, I've been going with fewer decorations and meaningless gifts each Christmas. This year, I even volunteered to serve an awesome hot meal at a homeless shelter yesterday (Christmas Day). We have many Good Gifts at Christmas. Family is one of them. However, (and I'm still learning this) when those Good Gifts become the pinnacle of what we are celebrating and not actually Christ, Himself, it becomes empty and pointless for me. I have had to trim off the pointless things I was doing each year at this time. Thank you for the poignant illustration.

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Jennifer A. Newton-Savard's avatar

This is beautiful. Thank you. May you and your family (and all the lonely or hurting people out there) have a blessed Christmas Day!

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