Once upon a time on a cold wintry night the sky glittered with stars in the heavens in beautiful Cache valley. It was cold and the roads were icy but I could never turn down the opportunity to go Christmas Caroling. I love to sing! Tonight was a special mission, we had been given a basket full of delicious treats by some kind soul to give to a family. This little family had just lost their Father but I had never met them. We ice skated through the parking lot as we tried to find their apartment. As we gathered around there door we spoke in hushed whispers and then KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Sooner then I would have expected the door swung open and we started singing. I can't remember the song we picked but soon the doorway was crowded with little children and their mother. The little kids stared at us like we had lost our minds. Why where we singing? There mom just smiled. When the song ended we gave them the basket. Then one of the carolers asked the little girl " Hey what's your favorite Christmas song?"
She promptly replied "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer." We all started singing it just from memory. It is one of those songs from childhood that you don't ever forget. The looks of the children were replaced with smiles as they started to sing with us. And for that brief moment a group of strangers felt love for each other. The love that always comes with the Christmas season.
Mormon.org put out this video. I love it! It talks about how the first gift of Christmas wasn't Frankincense or Gold, or Myrrh. It was LOVE. "For God so loved the world he gave his son"
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