What are you hoping to get for Christmas? That’s what some will ask you. And it’s what many of us are thinking about. But as enjoyable as Christmas presents can be in the moment, the excitement is short lived. But there’s a different kind of gift that is far greater than anything you can wrap…

How soon is too soon for Christmas songs? Regardless of what we think, it’s pretty hard to get them out of your head once you’ve heard them start — whether that’s because we’ve heard them so many times before, or because the tune (at least sometimes) is such a good one. But at the first…

This time of year, many of us send Christmas cards to each other to send our best regards, to wish someone a happy Christmas, or maybe share a message of our news with those nearest and dearest to us. But the greatest message of all that arrived that first Christmas, was the love that God…

Christmas lights — whether on a tree or front of someone’s house — are such a contrast to the dark winter nights that sneak up on us this time of year. But a far bigger contrast is Jesus, who the Bible describes as the Light of the world, compared the darkness of this world that…

Christmas trees can be a fun part of Christmas — whether you go picking one from a field, or drag one out of the loft. And many of us have fond memories of decorating them with parents or siblings. But there’s a tree that is far more significant, and that is the cross upon which…