Tag: Christmas

On Christmas (2024)

‘Tis the season, as it were.  A time of joy and hope, prayer and merriment.  The Christmas season is one many of us cherish, and for good reasons.  But as I sat down to consider what it means …

Twinkle Trials: My Journey to Holiday Illumination

“When are you going to put up the Christmas lights?” my wife asked. I looked at her much like how a cow looks at an oncoming train.  In the eight years of our marriage, I had yet to …

On Christmas

Tomorrow is my 34th Christmas.  I have had Christmases full of joy, and some tinged by sadness.  One year involved cutting down our own snow-covered Christmas tree with thermoses of hot chocolate holding off the crisp winter air.  …