For the past several weeks Christmas has been in the air. The sounds of Christmas have echoed throughout the mall, the doctor’s office, the grocery store, and all over the airwaves. It has been impossible to escape the sights of Christmas in Oklahoma City. In some neighborhoods the Christmas lights have been so beautiful and plentiful that it looked like the stars had come down to dwell among us. The Christmas ribbons and bows let everyone know that a birthday party was on its way. Christmas has been inescapable and I’ve loved it.
I went shopping with my daughter a few days after Christmas and I noticed something. It was like Christmas had never happened. The lights in the stores were gone, the carols had been silenced, and the ribbons and bows had disappeared. For weeks I had been reminded of the celebration of the birth of our Savior as I walked the aisles in stores all over the city. In some of the most unexpected places I heard…
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