"This child is destined ... to be a sign that is opposed, so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed." (Luke 2:34b)

During his tenure as head football coach at the University of Arkansas, Lou Holtz once had his team play a bowl game on Christmas Day. When a reporter asked him how he felt about playing football on this day, rather than being at home with his family, Coach Holtz was honest and to the point. "Frankly, I’d rather be doing this," he said. "Once you’ve been to church, had dinner and opened the gifts, Christmas is the most boring day of the year."

Is there life after Christmas or is Lou Holtz right? Is there anything to do, anything to look forward to once the big day has come and gone, or is the aftermath of Christmas merely, as Lou Holtz might say, the most "boring" …