A REAL Christmas!

My eldest daughter and her family are spending Christmas in Vermont USA. For the first time in their lives they are seeing, and experiencing, snow - and they are loving it! To go out in the snow and choose and cut down their own Christmas tree is a magical experience for them and as my daughter said to me "Suddenly, In The Deep Midwinter makes sense". We DO miss out here in NZ where it's hot and the Christmas tree and its ornaments looks rather tawdry in our brilliant sunshine. Some people have put Christmas lights outside their homes but they don't show up until around 10pm! And yet...the wonder of the true Christmas is as real to us in our "Upside down Christmas" as it is anywhere in the world. We still welcome God's great mercy in sending His son into our world. And our Silent Night may be hot but it's still full of joy.