'tis the season.

It's December and I have been thinking a lot lately about Christmas. I live with this wonderful girl named Holly, so technically we have been celebrating Christmas since October. (she thinks since her name is Holly she has the right to celebrate Christmas whenever she wants.) But anyways, Christmas. This year it has a different meaning for me. As I was listening to my favorite Christmas song, "Cold December Night" by Michael Buble the line "call it the season of giving" stood out to me. Receiving seems to have taken over and Santa is overshadowing the reason for the season. Don't get me wrong, Santa is great, but in a manger in Bethlehem is where our focus should be.

I don't know if it is because I am older or because I have realized how much I love my family from being away that I have changed my view on Christmas, who knows. All I know is, I decided that Christmas now stands for "more Christ", I'm channeling my four years of Spanish here, mas means more, get it? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints put out a video, He is the gift. Heavenly Father sent His son so that we can gain eternal life. Most everyone knows the scripture John 3:16. This is why we celebrate Christmas. Jesus Christ is the light and the life of the world. On my Mary Engelbreit calendar for December there is a quote by Sam Friend, "There is in each one of us so much goodness that if we could see it glow, it would light the world." During this great season of giving we should all notice the light of Christ in others. There are so many opportunities to give of yourself and allow others to share in your light. #sharethegift, people.