THE HOLIDAY PARTY

It was quite the holiday party! All the important guests were in attendance and smiling as they noticed the 16 foot inflatable representations of themselves as they entered the festivities! The guest of honour was Santa of course along with the Mrs. resplendent in red. Eight reindeer pranced in, their way well lit by Rudolph who could now play in all the reindeer games! The elves were happily taking the night off from the extreme pressure of hammering enough toys to fill Santa’s sack. Frosty the Snowman was seen hanging out by the ice bucket while Jack Frost appeared to be nipping at someone’s nose. The Grinch was adding a lovely touch of green to the occasion and at this stage of the party it didn’t appear he’d stolen anything. The Little Drummer Boy was doing his best rum pah pah pum to try and encourage Charley Brown as he propped up his pitiful little tree. Scrooge was spotted looking like he’d seen a ghost! Nearby a partridge sat in a pear tree and all the representatives from “The 12 Days of Christmas had arrived, creating quite a stir when the “eight maids a-milking” wanted to bring in their milk suppliers! Fortunately the “Ten lords a-leaping” came to the rescue. The Nutcracker stayed busy cracking nuts for the Mouse King and his abundant entourage of mean looking mice, who had their eyes on the many candy canes and sugar plums running away with the Gingerbread Man. The SugarPlum Fairy was too busy spinning on tip toe to notice. The “Night Before Christmas family” hadn’t yet settled down for a long winters nap and were found “ rockin around the Christmas tree” The tree was decorated in style, doing its best to add to the 8 billion dollars spent each year on decorations. Mingled with the sounds of “Jingle Bell Rock”, the Chipmunks could be heard singing their demands over the refrains of “Ho Ho Ho”, “all the best to you and yours”, “seasons greetings”, and “have a happy holiday”.

But above the confusion and din, one small voice was heard. A very small boy known for saying “God bless us everyone!”, arrived on his fathers shoulders and cried out “ But where is Jesus? It’s His birthday and we didn’t even invite Him to His own party!”

Where is Jesus in all OUR Christmases? Do we invite Him to the party??

The world has hijacked Christmas!