What Christmas Means to Me
"'What if Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more?'" --Dr. Suess ("How the Grinch Stole Christmas") What does Christmas mean to me? Whatever the historical origins of the holiday we now know as Christmas are, Christmas, to me, is first and foremost the celebration and commemoration of the birth of the Savior and Redeemer of the world. More than that, the birth of my Savior and Redeemer. Mosiah 3:5-8 from the Book of Mormon really caught my attention as I was considering its applications to me. "...The Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all m