A Nice Christmas Moment

Last night, we put up the Christmas tree, the lights and other decorations. 

When we finished the adornments, we turned off the other lights and the next thing you know we were all sitting together, Nadia, Rachel, Taylor and I with the room lit only by the Christmas lights, as Christmas music played.  It was one of those lovely, unplanned family Christmas moments.

(If I had tried to engineer a moment like this, it’s unlikely that it would have happened.)

At one point the song that was playing had these lyrics:

This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring Him love,
The Babe, the son of Mary.

One of my favorite carols.  My heart was filled with thankfulness, peace, love and joy.