Jimmy Williams School is out. Frenetic shoppers jam stores and freeways. Lines are long and tempers short. Freshly cut trees from Home Depot are hustled into dens, as ornament boxes reappear from the attic.
Families gather again for the annual ritual of tree trimming as the scent of cider fills the air.
Telephone circuits and AOL are loaded with users greeting loved ones, discussing gifts and travel plans. Giving and receiving fits, having fun, eating, drinking, sporting events, parties, being together with family and friends . But, . . . It is glory that makes the difference, and unless God somehow appears in our midst, something is missing in our celebration of Christmas. Moses encountered it at Sinai in the burning bush and on the Holy Mount.