is for the upcoming Christmas season.
I usually have a very strict "no Christmas music before Thanksgiving" rule that I subject myself to. Not so this year my friends! The holidays have arrived in this girl's life in mid-November. I've been listening to Christmas music on Pandora for days now. My little miniature Christmas tree is out on my bookshelf, and my very favorite decoration, my Willow Tree nativity set, is surrounded by lights. It looks beautiful. I personally love nativity sets because it focuses my attention back on the reason for the season, celebrating Christ's arrival into the world! We might become somewhat callous to the story after having heard it since we were tiny. Nonetheless, I just want to take a second to truly absorb the meaning of this. God chose to step down from heaven and come live among us: Emanuel, God with us. That's big, huge......earth changing.
What a great reminder. At our house there is a strict rule about that too. We wait to decorate until after Thanksgiving but Denae is trying to get us to start earlier. I may just cave! Have a blessed Holiday season!
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