A Christmas Scene
Around midnight on Christmas Eve our house gets very quiet. By then, our boys are in bed, and it is time to lock the doors and turn out the lights. That’s when I pause for just a minute to listen to the silence.
The lights on the tree don’t make a sound. All the gifts are wrapped, the food is prepared, the stores are all closed, and a few coals are still glowing in the fireplace—Christmas has arrived.