Like that Santa, some of us have been desperately trying to grasp the allusive feeling of Christmas. The feelings we remember from younger days and simpler days. Like that Santa Ornament, determined to get those cookies, we go through all sorts of gyrations and antics trying to resurrect Christmases Past because in our memories they feel perfect and unencumbered. But the past is the past, and we're called to live in the present.

But Christmas isn't really about the present (or the presents under the tree. Christmas is about the future. Our future. One filled with hope. One in which we know we are not alone. Christmas is about the future and that surprises people

Throughout Advent as we've prepared our hearts and homes for the Birth of Christ, we've talked about the greatest and most perf…