Star Light Star Bright
Christmas Is Almost Here!
Can you feel the excitement?
The music, the holiday specials on TV, the Christmas presentations at local churches – it’s what I look forward to every year.
I’m not the most creative person in the world, but I did come up with an idea that has become a little tradition at our house and I wanted to share it with you.
If you ask my husband, he will claim it was his idea.
Like he does about all the great ideas at our house 😉
So, how did this idea come about?
Star Light, Star Bright
In the second chapter of Matthew, the Bible describes the Magi following the brilliant star that led them to the birthplace of Jesus.
Think about that star that lit up the sky and how overjoyed the Magi felt to come and worship our newborn king.
I wanted to somehow capture the joy and wonder of Christ’s birth, so an idea came to me about using flameless candles.
I love flameless candles!
We have several on hand in case the power goes out or, for an even better reason, those times when we want to have a candlelight dinner.
There are three manger scenes of varying sizes in our home, including one large one given to us by my husband’s parents. We really treasure it.
I took flameless candles and backlit each manger scene with them.
Here’s the cool thing.
When you turn off the lights in the room, you see the manger with just the flickering candle behind it.
It serves as a reminder to us of that blessed night when our Savior was born.
Feel free to use this idea at your home if you want.
I won’t even be mad if you steal the idea 😉
The Joy of Christmas
Another part of the joy of Christmas is children.
The wonder and exuberance they feel when they experience the real reason for the season is heartwarming.
Here’s the beautiful song, “Who Would Imagine A King,” sung by a remarkably talented young vocalist.
May your Christmas be merry and bright!
God bless
