Holiday Fun

What a great Christmas we had at our house this year.  I hope yours was as happy and joyous.  My church always has a candlelight service on Christmas Eve, to bring into radiant focus what the birth of our Savior means to us all in this troubled world.  Christmas carols by the choir and congregation ring out the truth that is our greatest earthly blessing.  This year our group was accompanied by a string ensemble.  Can you hear the rich sonorous harmonies of these great instruments helping to uplift our praises to our great God?

Much of the holiday joy in our household comes from having children and grandchildren and their families living nearby and joining us for dinner and, for some, gift-giving.  Christmas Eve afternoon supper with one family, Christmas day noon dinner with another, and another celebration with another branch of the family tree tomorrow keep us laughing and sharing crazy memories from over the past year.  And a few sad ones, for that, too, is part of life. 

This coming weekend will see us start a new year.  May the Lord bless you all and bring our  troubled nation back to reconciliation, peace, and prosperity in the Year of our Lord 2012.

Margaret