I love Christmas. I love the smells, the weather, the beauty and the meaning. I love celebrating Jesus' birth - remembering that Heaven's child was sent for one reason - to set me free! I love singing songs about His birth and life, reading scriptures, celebrating Advent, etc. I also love going Christmas shopping with my mom on Black Friday (one of my favorite traditions as an adult, I am blessed to get to spend this time with her!). I love going to Christmas parades, watching Christmas movies and yes, Santa! When I was a child, my parents were big on Christmas. They kept Jesus at the heartbeat of it all...we did advent as a family every year, we took family communion in remembrance of the sacrifice Christ's birth ultimately led to, we read the biblical Christmas Story every Christmas morning before we could open even one present and we spent more time at church preparing for Christmas plays, cantatas and special services than anywhere else! My parents also made Christmas e