The Eve

Christmas Eve is a very busy afternoon for churches.  People prefer now to go to a service on Christmas Eve rather than on Christmas Day.  Most of those persons who go once a year prefer Christmas Eve service.  It is a time for church, then eat, then presents.  Christmas Day is for relaxing, and travel to see other relatives or friends for dinner.  Christmas is about light in the darkness, so you need some darkness.  Christmas Eve, in the Norther Hemisphere provides darkness.  My questions, doubts, fears, sadness are all the darkness part.  The candles, the flowers, the tree lights are all part of the light.  Then of course there is the baby Jesus.  Much more warm fuzzy then torture on a cross.  I am fortunate to have a few people who are glad that I am around them this time of year.  For those of you who feel a bit disconnected, you might drop in on one of these services of light and sit among many other people who are going over their own profound or nostalgic thoughts this time of year.  Who knows?  You might be the next miracle on 34th street.