What is the magic of Christmas? It's not like the songs say…..chestnuts round an open fire (they spit and get burnt and give you indigestion). It's not all the touchy-feely family thing….. there's too much bickering and tiredness for that. It's not the parties and alcohol and dancing…..the reality is they give you headaches and you don't feel up to it anyway.
Christmas is about giving. The magic is in the gift of sharing the lives of others. Not the romantic notion of finding another human being whom we think will be the answer to all our woes. It is the life God gives – sharing the experiences of being human.
That's a magic that will never go away.