Every year, after Thanksgiving, people began getting ready for Christmas. They began shopping for gifts, putting up lights and decorations and pulling together names and addresses for holiday cards. As Christmas approached, their homes became crowded, and their lives became hectic.
But his family took a different approach. In the weeks before Christmas, they began to scale down. They began giving things away and remembering how to make do with less. Their house became lean and the pace of their lives grew slow until at last on Christmas Eve they themselves were empty and still and ready to receive.
But his family took a different approach. In the weeks before Christmas, they began to scale down. They began giving things away and remembering how to make do with less. Their house became lean and the pace of their lives grew slow until at last on Christmas Eve they themselves were empty and still and ready to receive.
