The real reason for Christmas

I love Christmas and all the things that go with it. I love the busy shopping and the crowds. But mostly I love the fact its the one time of year that people stop and think about all those that they love and they stop and think about strangers. People care about the homeless and the poor. Even people who never care anytime of the year. The little children are worried about presents for mama and their daddies. I love the lights and the laughter of people. I love the mall on Christmas eve. I love Santa and everything he is and everything he stands for.
Mostly I am grateful to my Father in Heaven for the fact that he send his son. So the little babe could be born to save each of us. I am grateful for Mary that she lived her life so that she could fulfill a mission to be the mother of the son of God. I am so grateful Joseph that he was a kind and obedient man that when he was told that Mary was with Child that he had the faith to know that it was the son of God.
I am grateful for parents who taught true charity by example. Who taught us that we may have little but their is always someone who has less. I am grateful that they have taught me the gospel and how to want to live a Christ like life. I love my family and am grateful everything I have.