Ah, December.

How's that song go? "If we make it through December / Everything's gonna be alright, I know".

Any month of the year ask me how I feel about this month and I'll tell you it's one of my favorites. Advent is definitely my favorite liturgical season (as a proper Christian, I should probably say it's Eastertide. Eastertide doesn't come with crackling fires and cozy blankets, though.)

And then the real December arrives. The one everyone is actually living and my heart shrinks a couple of sizes. The crux of the tension lives on the pages of our calendar. It's not that we have so much to do anymore. In this season of our lives, we've got just the right amount of things to do to prepare for a festive Christmas.