It Is Beginning To look A Lot Like Christmas.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas[1]
Everywhere you go
Take a look at the five and ten, it’s glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes that glow
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door

This is an old song. There are few if any five and dime stores left. There are toys in almost every store. The bargains are advertised in all the media with loud and enticing commercials.

Its beginning. It is the season of Christmas. The rush to buy a reduced-price present takes over even good judgement on Black Friday. The Monday after Thanksgiving is Cyber Monday when the internet will be crowded with Christmas shoppers.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas reminds us that Christmas is coming, and it is not about presents purchased with credit cards or cash. Christmas is coming and the greatest gift of all will be presented. It will be a child in a manger in Bethlehem.

Amid all the commercialism it is difficult to hear the bleating of sheep and goats that existed in the manger. The cries of a newborn boy are overwhelmed by popular Christmas songs. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It is coming, but only if we pay attention to what will take place and not be overwhelmed by the present and the presents.