I woke up this morning in a bit of a funk. I felt aimless and overwhelmed at the same time. It’s still Christmas, but the “big stuff” is over.
Our big Carolina Christmas tour de family wrapped up on Christmas Eve, our church sang Joy to the World to the top of its lungs to welcome the holiday that night, and then we got to host the Carr Family Christmas for the very first time in our home on Christmas Day.
All the shopping, wrapping, prepping, and planning is done.
And yet Christmas is here. Christmas is still here, and as I type there are 10 more days of it stretching out in front of me.
How do we celebrate and revel in this holy hootenanny of a festival when the world’s moved on? I believe there is more to Christmas than opening presents and feeling nostalgic, but how do I live that out?
Well, I’ve been thinking and here’s where I’m at.
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