...The most remarkable thing was that Christmas morning felt just like it does every year. No one seemed to care that our fireplace was a wall mounted TV tuned to the fireplace channel, that our stockings were hanging from an entertainment console, or that our tree was a scraggly fig instead of a noble fir. Our family Christmas celebration felt remarkably and wonderfully normal. I wouldn't have changed anything even if I could...

Tags: holidays & celebrations, spirituality & values