Birds of a Feather: Christmas Day

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We couldn't help but think through out the day that this would be our last Christmas as a family of three, so we soaked in each moment with Adair as an only child. We woke up early to discover that Santa had visited with three special gifts, enjoyed watching Adair open our gifts, then headed to church.

One of the highlights of the day was during the service. Our pastor, Tim, had all of the children come to the front and began to ask them questions about the Christmas story. One of those questions was, "Who is your favorite person in the Christmas story, besides Jesus?". Now, bear in mind, he was obviously talking about THE Christmas story...the story of Jesus...one Adair has heard a thousand times before and knows very well. Her hand shot up and I fully expected she was going to say "Gabriel" or "Mary", but when Tim called on her, her response was "Santa". Hank and I almost crawled under the pew! It was one of those "proud" parent moments! Everyone in the congregation had a great laugh and Adair was quite pleased with her answer.

After church, Mom, Dad and Mama Alice joined us for lunch. Adair was spoiled this Christmas, as usual. I think she would say that her top gifts were her see saw that Santa brought and the guitar that Nona and Joe-pa gave her. She also thought it was very special that Santa brought a baby doll for Emalyn just like the one he brought to her.

It was a wonderful day full of joy and remembering the birth of our Savior. So many times this season, I

was reminded that without the birth of Jesus we would still be hopeless....without the birth of Jesus there would have been no cross and there would be no salvation. I am so thankful that God had a perfect plan to redeem His people.