“Xmas Eve on Fire”
Imagine this:
- Christmas Eve
- Snow blanketing the ground
- Early/family service begins at 5:00 p.m. and the time is now 4:30 p.m.
- Portable firepit on the front lawn of the church with logs blazing
- Hot chocolate in vacuum pots on a table nearby
- Small Christmas tree with a box full of ornaments
- Families, individuals, couples, whoever, arriving, grabbing a cup of cocoa, hanging an ornament, warming themselves by the fire, giggling with Christmas excitement
- At 5:05 p.m. booklets with Christmas carols are handed out and people sing their favorites
- At 5:20 p.m. the congregation moves into the sanctuary for a short service of lessons and carols
- After singing “Silent Night,” the congregation leaves, passing by the crackling firepit
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel…
© Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen, 2016
