Advent Continues – December 8

crecheLast night we put up our Christmas tree.
Today, we will decorate it with colored lights and ornaments collected over a lifetime and, finally, with an angel carefully placed on top.  You might say all these externals don’t matter, and maybe even that they take away from the true meaning of Christmas.
But I think they do matter.
For me, at least…
The Advent wreath;
The tree;
The lights;
The creche;
Serve as the everyday reminders which I need.
The carol playing on my computer;
The glimpse of the creche on the corner of my desk;
Pull me up from the busyness and the distractions of the day;
And turn me, again, towards the meaning of Christmas.