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<v Speaker 1>December is here, which means the Christmas season is upon

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<v Speaker 1>us and it is that time of a year where

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<v Speaker 1>people were rushing out to try to get the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>gift for one another. It actually started on Friday, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>known as Black Friday, where people are rushing out to

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<v Speaker 1>get the best shopping deals they can possibly find. But

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<v Speaker 1>the reality is we should try to change our focus

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit and maybe not obsessed so much over

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<v Speaker 1>getting gift giving. Sure, it feels good to give a gift,

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<v Speaker 1>and who doesn't love receiving a good gift. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>knocking any of that, and that is very much part

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<v Speaker 1>of the Christmas season. But the big thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>think we are lost, that we have lost, is we've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten away from remembering the actual reason for the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, our

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<v Speaker 1>Lord and Savior. But we don't focus on that the

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<v Speaker 1>way that we should. There are probably several people that

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand what Christmas truly is anymore. Parents on all

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<v Speaker 1>of us who are believers, to remind folks of what

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<v Speaker 1>the Christmas season is all about. I'm not saying don't

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<v Speaker 1>get your loved ones gifts, don't accept gifts. No, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not saying any of that. I'm not telling you to

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<v Speaker 1>not have a big, lavish meal with your family on

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Day. I'm just trying to hear. As we're getting

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<v Speaker 1>started into the early portion of the Christmas season, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to remind people that the gifts aren't what

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<v Speaker 1>this is about. If you get something that you think

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<v Speaker 1>feels a little cheap, maybe just accept it that that

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<v Speaker 1>was all that that person could afford for you and

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<v Speaker 1>it's their way of showing you a little bit of love.

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<v Speaker 1>If you give something that is extravagant and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>get the response that you want, maybe maybe I understand

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<v Speaker 1>that it's just your gift. You didn't have to go

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<v Speaker 1>to that extreme, and maybe the person you gave it

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<v Speaker 1>to feels bad because you did, and maybe they couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>go as extreme as you did. Again, people, Christmas, we

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<v Speaker 1>put so much pressure on ourselves. Nowadays, we look up

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<v Speaker 1>and we look at our bank accounts. At the end

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<v Speaker 1>of it, we understand that we have spent a large,

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<v Speaker 1>smart part of our money just on these gifts, and

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<v Speaker 1>these are just material things when we should be making

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<v Speaker 1>a point to sit down with our family and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the real reason for Christmas. Growing up my family, Christmas, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we usually got great Santa Claus gifts, got great gifts

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<v Speaker 1>from grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles. I mean, Christmas was a

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<v Speaker 1>magical time as a kid. But one thing my father

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<v Speaker 1>always did, one of those things that really helped us

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<v Speaker 1>understand that this isn't just about the gifts. He always,

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<v Speaker 1>on Christmas Eve wanted to sit us down in the

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<v Speaker 1>living room before we went to bed and read the

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Story. Now, I don't remember when this stopped happening.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it did, but I remember those formative years

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<v Speaker 1>sitting down there in the couch in our living room

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<v Speaker 1>and Dad picking up and it was a big Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it wasn't just a small little bible. It

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<v Speaker 1>was this big Bible that he would read from. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean when the Bible you took to church. It's one

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<v Speaker 1>that stayed right there in our living room on a mantle,

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<v Speaker 1>right over there to the side. He would pick that

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<v Speaker 1>big Bible up, he would crack it open, and he'd

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<v Speaker 1>go to the park where we talk about the Christmas story.

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<v Speaker 1>He would skip around, of course, because there would be

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<v Speaker 1>some years where he'd do he'd read us Luke one

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six through thirty eight, where the angel Gabriel announces

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<v Speaker 1>to Mary that she will give birth to Jesus. Other years,

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<v Speaker 1>why he would do some of these hodgepodges. Maybe he'd

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<v Speaker 1>leave that out and he'd start it Luke two one

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty, the story of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. That

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<v Speaker 1>part usually was always a part of it. But I

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<v Speaker 1>do remember the years where he would jump around from

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<v Speaker 1>different parts of the Bible, different parts of the story

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<v Speaker 1>to tell us different things. Of course, there was Matthew

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<v Speaker 1>one eighteen through twenty five, which gives you Joseph's perspective

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<v Speaker 1>on Mary's pregnancy and an angel's instruction to name the

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<v Speaker 1>child Jesus. There was so much that he would put

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<v Speaker 1>into it, and like I said, it felt different every year,

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<v Speaker 1>at least from the perspective of a child, and it

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<v Speaker 1>became something that we look forward to. That's why I

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<v Speaker 1>hate that. I can't remember when it stopped, or I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure it stopped because we got older and less interested

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<v Speaker 1>in hearing the story that we had already heard. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's sad when you think about it, because we really

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<v Speaker 1>should have been wanting to hear that story as many

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<v Speaker 1>times as anybody's willing to read us that story this Christmas.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have kids, sure do Santa make them feel special,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe take a page from my father. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you have a supersized large Bible that is

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<v Speaker 1>always in your living room like my parents had, but

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<v Speaker 1>sit them down, open up to those chapters, make them

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<v Speaker 1>understand this isn't about what they're getting. This is about

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<v Speaker 1>the birth of their Lord and Savior and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>they need to be celebrating. And if you do that,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe maybe they'll understand the true magic of the Christmas season.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been Morning Coffee with the Right Side and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds and we're a part of

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