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A Timeless Christmas

06:58, Tuesday, December 25, 2007 .. Posted in Just Thinking .. 0 comments .. Link

Yes, it was a wonderful Christmas, and it went by too fast.

Many people associate the child-like wonder of Christmas with children anxious to receive gifts, but I am convinced it is something else entirely that captivates children during this season and it is, simply, their freedom from the yolk of time. Children have little concept of deadlines and other time constraints, they just go with the flow. They don't have the adult responsibility of making sure we get to Aunt Sadie's by ten, or budgeting time closely on Christmas Eve morning so that the perfect English Trifle you worked hard on has time to chill, or adding up how many scarce hours we will be able to spend with loved ones who just flew in for a few days. No, for children, Christmas is tradition, it is love, and it cannot be measured by a clock.

I came to this conclusion while meting out tiny moments over the past few days devoted to this task or that one, seeing this relative or the other, and trying to figure out why Christmas feels so differently when you are an adult. When recalling my own memories of Christmas past, they all run together in a blur of carols, worship, candles, and treats...whether they happened on Christmas Eve, or three days later. There was no rush or detailed schedule of events, other than getting to church. If anything, it felt like forever before Christmas Day would arrive! There was the beauty of simple traditions and the wonder of a Savior born so long ago. Christmas was happening, and it was timeless.

Or at least it was for this little girl, who is all grown up now and spent way too much time on Christmas Eve making delicious food, fretting at the clock, and really just looking forward to this Christmas morning, the first she and her husband would share together as husband and wife.

Now that was a moment meant to be timeless.
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