There is no doubt about it, Christmas is a dangerous time of year.

You ever tried negotiating a mall parking lot between Black Friday and Christmas Eve?  You know one level of danger.

You ever tried to gather together a fractious, far-flung family into one Christmas moment? You know another level of danger. 

You ever tried buying a toy for the kids or grandkids, a toy where levers don’t break off, where there are no hidden, choky bits, where glitches galore don’t make the toy “unsafe?” You know another whole kind of threat.

But the real “danger” of Christmas is not about parking spaces or perilous toys or dysfunctional families, but is the danger we are all called to open ourselves to during this season of miracles.

Why is Christmas dangerous?

1) It could go to your head.
2) It’s har…