Our family spent Christmas eve with YL's extended family, enjoying a sumptuous meal cooked by YL's sis, Christel.
We returned home pretty early (for Christmas eve) by 9.30pm. Unlike the past three years, we did not spend Christmas gallavanting in the streets of a European country, enjoying a white or icy Christmas, or drinking mulled wine. And unlike the years before that in Singapore, there was no Christmas countdown with friends or participating in any external Christmas celebration. Because this year, we have Isaac with us, a little baby which we realised, should not be overly stimulated at night, so that he can have a good night sleep.
Well, we believe this is a temporary adjustment that we have to make, but one which would not stop us from feeling thankful for Christmas, or celebrating the birth of our Saviour in our hearts. And one day, may Isaac be genuinely thankful for Christmas too, not because he thinks that Santa is coming to town to deliver him a gift, but because he understands that he has already received the gift of Christ and God's love in his heart.
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