Is it just me or does it seem to you as well that with each Christmas the activity surrounding the holidays just gets more and more hectic? It is not difficult to lose one’s perspective at Christmas.

I recall the story about an 8-year-old girl who had a most disappointing Christmas. She didn’t get the gifts she hoped to receive. She got into arguments with her older brother. Her mother walked into their play area to find her fighting with him and she was blamed. She took her anger out on the cat and found herself in bed that night earlier than usual. When she prayed the Lord’s Prayer as was her custom she said, “and forgive us our Christmases as we forgive those who Christmas against us.”