Finally, use the symbols of Christmas as focal point for your meditations. In our understandings of Christianity we do not use the arts, icons, and such things all that often in our worship. We are afraid of worshiping the image rather than our God. And that thinking is not without some substance. However, gazing at an outdoor creche' or looking at a painting of Mary and her Child or sitting to listen to Handel's Messiah or singing the ancient carols or lighting an Advent wreath in our homes can be more than an activity.
Serendipity occurs when something beautiful breaks into life's monotony.
A serendipitous life is marked by 'surprisability' or spontaneity. When we lose our capacity for either, we settle into ruts . . . God delights in surprising us. He dots our pilgrimage from earth to heaven with amazing serendipities . . . So be on the lookout.