Almost here. . .

When all the eating, gift-giving, gift opening, game playing, noise making is over what is left of the special day? Why do I feel as though something or someone has been left out?
It is a birthday party which has been celebrated through the centuries no matter who or what has tried to push it down or out. They try to remove the Christ word but it is there in the word Christmas no matter how many ways one says it.

And we celebrate the coming of a little child, a newborn, a simple and poor tiny baby. He comes each year to an unfinished people with incompleted works in continuing times. As we look upon you, little one, may we never shrink from what we need to do, may we continue to save rather than waste, may we not neglect those around us. May we your older siblings who will experiment for you, empower our friends, proclaim and communicate this wonderful news that you have come again to celebrate with us.

May we enjoy the new beginning of a new year in which the Babe of Christmas begins a new time of
peace, love, and happiness. Happy New Beginnings to all.