Santa Claus and Popcorn... Jingle Bells and Reindeer Horn...Christmas Eve and Mistletoe... JESUS LOVES ME This I know!

Santa Claus and Popcorn is my favorite childhood Christmas song. It puts all the fun stuff in perspective in the context of Christmas... and as a kid... it made it all make sense... all the goofy crazy stuff of Christmas is our way of delighting in the absolute bliss of this fact... God sent us all the perfect gift. Salvation... not because we deserve it, but because in spite of ourselves He truly loves us. The most important line of the song states... "We celebrate 'cause a king was born with Santa Claus and Popcorn!" It's a happy skip around and dance song, because in reality that's how we all should feel about Christmas! Absolutely delighted! This weekend, I spent time with some kids I really love. My little niece came up to me and said... can I get on your lap and go "AAAAH?" and then proceded to do just that standing up on my knees and wiggling giggling AAAAHHH just because it's fun! I wish it was as easy for us as adults to just delight in the awesomeness of God's greatest gift and stop worrying about the details! So this Christmas, I hope you remember to skip and dance and celebrate with people you love and remember that whenever your bliss is interrupted by the yucky stuff of life that in reality the Creator of the universe has it covered and He holds you in the palm of His hand... and He's not letting you go! So go ahead and celebrate, and if you get a bump... the one who comforts is going to be there with you, so it's okay to cry and tell Him what's wrong, and don't worry if you don't have words... He knows your heartsong, better than you do, afterall, He wrote it!