The Post-Christmas Post

It's two days after Christmas and there are still leftovers in the fridge, lights on the tree, and fresh toys and games and clothes to be enjoyed. We have been loved on by our families we have visited with friends, we have enjoyed the pleasure of a gift card or two, and we are ever so gently turning our attentions toward the new year...but first I want to sit and ponder this Christmas for just for a few moments more...

There was a sweet Christmas play...

...there were cookies...

...and more cookies...

...and cookie helpers...

...for a Christmas Cookie Reception...

There was Christmas with cousins just a few days before...

 Then Christmas day...

...listening intently as Dad read the last Advent reading before opening gifts... ;-)

Then there were the gifts.

Teenager-y clothes gifts...

Gifts that required driving to other towns to obtain...

Gifts that brought great joy...

Gifts that promise adventure and luxury...

...and gifts WHO are precious...

There were grandparents...

Then there was Christmas dinner.

There is one more Christmas memory I'd like to record...actually, I've already recorded it from around the corner when a little girl thought she was alone and it is easily my favorite thing from this season...

...because if there is no Christmas story and no Christmas Savior...none of the rest of Christmas matters at all...

...but there IS the Christmas story and there IS a Christmas Savior. 

"The Christmas candle burns hot...,giving its brilliant light, because Christmas goes on forever. Because we have Jesus with us--the greatest Gift of unfailing, unbeatable, unstoppable love that we can keep unwrapping all our days." ~Ann Voskamp