Happy Christmas

I have never liked going to bed on Christmas day. There is a certain wonder in Christmas night and I'm never quite ready for it to end. But, that is one reason that I often have taken to this blog and urged folks to observe the 12 days of Christmas.

Even the Christian radio station — which I am still annoyed at for taking over the airwaves that were once St. Louis's classical music station — shut off the Christmas music at midnight. (There is surely some irony tied to how we play songs such as “the Twelve Days of Christmas” and “We Three Kings” but often set them aside for another year before the twelve days have passed.)

Why do we move on so quickly after Christmas? In this darkest part of the year, what can be better than celebrating the Light who came into the world? And while Advent serves that purpose to a point, the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany offer a chance to reflect on the joyous news in a less hectic way than most of our pre-Christmas schedules permit.

So, without a further ado, on to the Second Day of Christmas…