Decorations

I watch the neighborhood light up their houses in colorful displays of white and multicolor marvels. Decorations blink and glow brightening the night and illuminating the darkness. For some, lights are not enough and along the grass and walkways are santas and snowmen and reindeer elves and candy canes, to many more to name. How easily we forget the very cause of the season. Just a few set the record straight revealing a mother, father, and child in a manger with shepherd and kings standing watch. A child’s birth remembered this very day celebrated with joy and gifts for all save the child which made it possible. Set the lights, wrap the packages, decorate a tree with garlands and ornaments. but pause a little while. Remember for a moment the birth and message of that child.