The magic of Christmas is a concept that can elude the sophisticated. Life sometimes conditions those of us, “on the shady side of 40,” to look with irritation or indifference on the “hustle and bustle” of Christmas.
The overt commercialism of the holidays is sometimes less than appealing. It is a mindset that I think we all would like to get more away from, returning to the religious and spiritual side of Christmas.But, we have to balance the religious side of Christmas with the ecstatic smile of a small child who has just “talked to Santa” or written a hopeful letter to the “North Pole.” There are indeed “visions of sugar plums” delightfully whirling around in their small heads.
Who among us does not remember wondering how Santa was going to climb down the narrow chimney with all of those toys? Or how Santa was going to get around the whole world in a single night? And some few of us even remember looking into the starry night sky, on a cold Christmas Eve, and wondering if that glimmer of light, just to the right of tomorrow and onward toward yesterday, was a reflection from Santa’s sleigh, carried aloft by colorful reindeer in the inky night sky?…