As I was taking the ornaments off the tree today, I was reminded of Christmas’s in the past and hopeful about Christmas in the future. Most of all I was looking at the drooping tree and realizing how dry the tree was although it was 3/4 filled with water. I was doing this before church this morning so I was making connections to Christ and how His Love is never dry. I had the lights on the tree also: the connection was for me to be a light is a world of dry. Today’s sermon was from Nehemiah 1. The overarching message was God’s love is steadfast; mourn, pray, and fast in Christ, do not rely on self- reliance, despair, and apathy to overcome
This year for Christmas we also decided to have a family trip to Disney World. On Christmas Eve, our church joined with other churches in our neighborhood to have a quaint Christmas Eve service. On Christmas morning after getting a few gifts from Santa, we drove to Disney area where we had rented an Airbnb. 
Dylan and his class had done some shopping at Five Below so we unwrapped those gifts too on Christmas Eve. We also finished up the Oreo balls by filing in chocolate and had our traditional Christmas dinner with prime rib, baked potato, sweet potatoes, and rolls.
Of course, we stopped at Buccee’s on the drive down, and surprisingly this was the least we had ever spent there. We also knew that I had packed sausage balls, Oreo balls, ice box fruit cake, drinks, and several other snacks. 
When we arrived in Kissimmee, we were ready for dinner. Since it was Christmas we were aware that dinner would be limited. We had pizza at Cici’s Pizza. It filled us for the evening and we were ready for our Disney adventures.
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