All I Want for Christmas Is...

Times for celebration and joy are so closely tied to times of sadness

I don’t want to belittle the timing of Jesus’ birth, but I do believe that Christmas celebrations happen around this time because it’s something we need in these long, dark months. We need the fairy lights and joy that Christmas brings. We need to stop working and return home to sit on the sofa watching Christmas specials of familiar shows and we need t…