Christmas....

I have so many post that run through my head and never make it to the blog. So, I will start with this one and may work backwards later. Ha ha!

Christmas. What does it mean to you? Family? Presents? Jesus' Birthday? Santa?
I LOVE Christmas!!! I love the times that we are with our family. Last night we all snuggled by the fireplace, drank hot chocolate, and watched The Legend of the Candy Cane. You know in this day and time Christmas is SO materialistic and WAY over commercialized around toys and Santa. Yesterday we were doing a Christmas Glyph for school. The activity means each part of the picture represents something else. You answer questions and it tells you how to color the picture, what to add, which way to turn an object, etc...(more about this in a minute.) Jake and Jaelynn love Christmas just like any child. They make their Santa list, talk about the commercials, and what they want all the time. Jolie has even jumped on the bandwagon replying to every commercial with I WANT THAT TOO!!! BUT- when asked what Christmas is truly about they all pipe in that it is Jesus' Birthday. When asked why do we get presents they know it is to help celebrate Jesus' Birthday and the Wisemen brought Jesus presents too. Jaelynn knows all the truths about Christmas and expressed how hard it is to keep the Santa secret. She said do you know how hard it is NOT to tell the truth.  We have always had Santa come to our house and will until Jolie knows the secret too. As excited as we get about Santa-that really is NOT what our family is so focused on. It was apparent yesterday when we were doing the Glyph. Jake and Jaelynn both put their favorite thing about Christmas was spending time with family! Oh how that warms my heart!!!! I love that we can celebrate in all the different ways, but keep our focus on what is the most important this season. Jesus' Birthday and spending quality time with family. I hope you will take the time in this busy season to love on your family. Merry Christmas Friends!