Christmas Memories

• A multitude of wonderful Christmas smells filling the month of December.
• Of coming together as a family and putting up the Christmas Lights and the Christmas tree.
• Of so many decorations that it took a large trunk and several large boxes to store them away each year.
• Of cleverly disguising and wrapping gifts. My family is a family of laughter and practical jokes. I remember dad, wrapping a large box of laundry detergent for my mom. She unwrapped it and was a bit upset until she found a jewelry box down in the powder.
• Of being able to open one gift on Christmas Eve and having to wait on the rest until Christmas morning.
• Of leaving cookies and milk for Santa Claus. And water outside for the reindeer.
• Of Christmas programs and Christmas pageant's at the church.
• Of a manger scene. And an angel on top the tree.
• Of relationships. We were not wealthy, but I could have received anything for Christmas and have been content.

For me, it wasn't the gift, but the giver that was important. And I always enjoyed giving gifts more than receiving them. My parents would apologize for not having much under the tree, but it wasn't what was under the tree that was special to me. It was the fellowship around the tree. It was the relationships, the fellowship that I remember most.. the time together as a family.

Indeed that is the true meaning of Christmas – Relationship! Sinful man was separated from God and God came down to us to restore the relationship. But Christmas was only the beginning. It was with another tree, many years later that our Savior truly restored the relation so that we can once again fellowship together.

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