IS CHRISTMAS THE SAME WITHOUT ITS SNOW? - editorial

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know. Where the treetops glisten, And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write. May your days be merry and bright. And may all your Christmases be white." Just reading those words brings Christmas images to mind, doesn't it? A fire flickering on the hearth . . . the twinkle of lights …

…so you can go see it. It's the icing on the cake, the frame around the picture, the flowers in the vase.Whether I experience a white Christmas up close or from a distance, seeing the beauty of a freshly fallen blanket of snow reminds me of what Christmas is all about. But on an even deeper level than Christmas as a celebration, snow reminds me of the One whose birth we remember each year.