That Spirit of Christmas

"Christmas is the time of year
For being with the one's we love
Sharing so much joy and cheer
What a wonderful feelin
Watching the one's we love
Having so much fun

I was sittin by the fire side
Taking a walk through the snow
Listening to a children's choir
Singing songs about Jesus
The blessed way that he came to us
Why can't it remain
All through the year
Each day the same
Heyeah, that's what I wanna hear
Heh heh
It's truly amazin
That spirit of Christmas"



"That Spirit of Christmas" song by Ray Charles is on my favorite Christmas songs. As the song opens "Christmas is the time of year, for being with one's we love", it is one of things that I think of with Christmas is spending it with the ones I love and sharing so much joy and cheer. There are so many memories that are created during Christmas, we share so much fun together, and it does not really matter what we all do together, but we share so much fun together.

Another thing about "That Spirit of Christmas" is that Christmas really is about hope. There is so much hope in Christmas. When you look at the eyes of a little child, you can truly see the hope in there eyes. There hope is in Santa Clause, they have this hope of this magical being who brings joy and cheer everywhere he goes. As I have grown older I have realized that the hope I had as a child as given me hope in other things. I know of hope in love, hope in my friends, hope in my family, hope in a a better world, and most important I have learned to hope in the true Spirit of Christmas, and that hope is in Jesus Christ. When you look at Christmas you see so much hope it is not possible to not think of Jesus, and truly the blessed way that he came to us. When you read the story in Luke and learn about the humility of the Savior to come to this world in such lowly circumstances to give us the ultimate gift of eternal life.

The hope that Christ brought us is an amazing gift in itself. For which I am eternally grateful.

I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas.