It hasn't snowed yet this year, and so it hasn't felt much like Christmas yet. But tonight Kevin and I got to watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. I love the Christmas lights and other decorations on Temple Square. I went to see them with my family over Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm going again with the YM/YW this Wednesday evening. I loved getting to see the conference center and its decorations tonight. I loved the Christmas messages, too. It makes me want to spend a little more time reaching out to people this Christmas season and spending more time with Kevin reading the Christmas story and other scriptures. I especially loved President Eyring's story about his family's Christmas pageant which eventually included a part with Samuel the Lamanite prophesying on the wall, and the angry disbelieving crowd below who would throw wadded up balls of tin foil. I loved doing the Christmas pageant with my family when we were growing up. Sometimes we'd get really into it and get costumes and props, and we were always really silly.
But my favorite part about Christmas is the music. I had ward choir practice, and even though I won't be here for one of the weeks they're singing, I stayed for the whole practice so I could sing more of the songs. Then during the devotional tonight, Kevin and I sang along with the beautiful Christmas carols.
Now I feel like it's Christmas. Maybe I'll finish unpacking my Christmas decorations, and somewhere in that box is a stack of Christmas CD's that need to be listened to again this year.
Merry Christmas, my friends! The season has finally started!
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I also enjoyed the First Presidency Fireside. Emily and I watched it in my car out where we could get a good signal for her laptop :-) Merry Christmas to u!
Yea! I miss seeing the temple square lights every year, but I can kind of see them on TV during the devotional. Although I do get a little tired of driving around looking at all the lights Richard has done-it gets to be a little much.
Chelsea I found you! I'm so excited to see that you have a blog and I can see what all is happening! We need to get together sometime probably after Christmas
This year I got the Christmas bug early...I've been listening to the music since the day after Halloween! I love it!
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