A Christmas Story

Once there was a girl who didn’t know much about Christmas. She knew that it was a time of year that her friends went to church, the neighbors put lights on their houses, there was fun music on the radio and presents miraculously appearing underneath a tree. As she got older she started to dislike Christmas more and more. She began realizing that she didn’t “belong” to the holiday and therefore felt guilty celebrating each year. Then one day it all made sense. The meaning of Christmas appeared. Not only is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Christ (which by the way, he wasn’t born in December) but it is about what Christ stands for — love. It’s about loving your family, your friends, your neighbors, your enemies and even your strangers. It’s about showing love to those that do and don’t know the meaning of love. It’s about being selfless. And most of all, it’s about loving without judgment, without expectation and without conditions.

So this Christmas, this girl will spend it with her family who she has chosen to love unconditionally and with a best friend who she will love no matter what circumstances may come. This Christmas – who will you choose to love?

To all of my readers – no matter what you believe – I wish you a very Happy Christmas. I love you all.