I also love the Christmas carols. They remind me of going on long car trips when I was a kid and singing carols with my dad. In those days we had to make our own fun in the car and we loved to sing! My dad knew all the verses and we learned them and enjoyed singing to pass the time.
Another favorite- It's a Wonderful Life! and A Charlie Brown Christmas! We watch these every year and I can practically quote them by heart! Good messages in both and watching these definitely puts me in the Christmas spirit.
I also love to go driving and see Christmas lights. Another fond memory as a kid-we used to drive around to the best neighborhoods and just look at all the beautiful lights. One neighborhood I remember had a life size train at the end of their cul-de-sac that kids could ride and the people would give us hot chocolate!
Christmas was really fun when all the kids were at home! Shopping for them and watching them open their gifts, baking with them and watching their wonder was amazing.
It's different now with an empty nest. But new traditions are starting and now that I'm a grandma it will be a different kind of wonderful!
Love this verse --"Luke 2:17Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child."
Let's not forget to make Christ widely known now and all year long!
More of my favorites of Christmas-y things here.
May your Christmases be Merry and Bright this year! The Light of the World came to seek and save the lost! Oh Come Let US Adore HIM!
