People prepare for weeks and sometimes months for the coming of Christmas. There is this great anticipation built up. As the days roll on after Christmas the Christmas tree looks a little more tired each day, and people look a little more tired. For all too short of a time seemed to be enjoying a time of love which chases away all the wrinkles of the year.
Human beings are at their best - generous, friendly, kind.
Then it is back to earth - with a thud. On Boxing Day I made my way to one of the large shopping malls in our city to have coffee with my daughter who manages one of the stores there. The mall was so full of people that one could hardly move. When we look at the scriptures there is some clues to what happened to the original cast after the birth of Christ. Probably to sheep tending and their daily chores.