Continue reading for a summary of the 2007 Barden Family Christmas.
Christmas started a little early for me this year, since our company closed around 3PM on Christmas Eve. In keeping with Barden family tradition, we had pizza with my parents for our Christmas Eve dinner. After dinner we made our way to the church for a special Christmas Eve service where we were treated to various special musical performances and various Scripture readings.
Our Christmas “party” really kicked off after the service, because Danielle and I spent the night at my parents’ house, since we didn’t have any big Christmas celebration of our own planned. That night our running Christmas joke began, when my dad mentioned that two of the Christmas movies they had recently watched, “were really good stories.” I know it doesn’t sound funny reading it, but it definitely was at the time. After finishing a round of “really good stories we headed off to bed.
Christmas morning started somewhere between 9 and 10, when we rolled out of bed. Funny how easy it is to sleep in on Christmas when you’re “older.” After a round of cinnamon buns we opened up presents from my Grandparents and my parents. We didn’t get a lot of gifts this year, as compared to other years, but the gifts we did receive were very thoughtful and had meaning to them, like the stein my Grandparents gave me that my Grandpa purchased when he was stationed in Germany during the Korean War.
Christmas afternoon continued with a delicious pot roast my mom cooked, and then we pretty much spent the rest of the day relaxing and watching loads of those cheesy Christmas movies, many of which were “good stories.”
Lots of people say that Christmas is about family, and while spending time with family is great, Christmas is all about the birth of Christ, without whom we would have no hope in this world.
It’s funny, no matter how much our society tries to make Christmas about presents, Santa, cookies, family, etc. it will always be about the birth of Christ, and there isn’t a thing you or I can do about that fact.
His birth is the greatest present of all.
That was really nice:) Will have to get on here on a regular basis and keep up with your writing.
Blessings to you and let’s look forward to our next “good story” 🙂