Categories: anything-and-everything
Date: 14 December 2006 10:49:57
I think it is possibly a growing UK phenomenon to see houses smothered in flashing lights, sleighs with reindeer, inflatable santas, more lights, sparkling trees and giant snowmen? But if it's not a widespread phenomenon, then all you need to do is pop down to our place and have a little drive around! One of the girls in my youth group, who lives out of town, had referred to her mini-estate as 'Tinseltown' but because it was one of those 'nicer' areas I thought she must be exaggerating. She's not! I dropped her home one night and saw, in one street, enough lights to pollute the skies as far as Pluto! But, despite the 'jot' of tackiness and the concerns for the environment, there is something just a bit appealing in a sea of lights at Christmas, and I still enjoy driving around at night and being dazzled. It's a shame that many of the people who go to town with their outdoor decorations will have no concept at all of the real meaning of Christmas, of the baby in the manger, of the Creator God made man: living, teaching, healing, loving and dying among us - for them. And so, in that light, I was even more delighted to walk into our local huge garden centre and see a giant nativity scene at the entrance - at least that was more accurate tack!