Don Merrritt has a wonderful Christian Blog called “Life Reference“, and today posted some thoughts about the Christmas spirit (The Attitude of Jesus) that prompted me to comment. I’ve been a subscriber for a while now, and really enjoy Life Reference. His reply to my comment was very gracious, and I’m following his suggestion here, without much editing. May this sacred season bring you great blessing and peace, Gentle Reader!

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“It’s less than a week until Christmas now and the Christmas spirit is abroad in the land… When I was 10 years old, I knew what that was, but as I get older and older, I’m not so sure what it is. .. To be truthful, neither my 10-year-old view of “that Christmas feeling” or my parental view of “whew, survived” is really the right way to view the situation, as…