It is not a light thing.

I will now take a quiet break from writing for the remainder of the year. Thank you for sticking by me through a roller coaster year, dear readers. I wish you and your loved ones health and joy in the new year!

In [six] days, we shall celebrate Christmas and now for once let us make it really a festival of Christ in our world. . . . It is not a light thing to God that every year we celebrate Christmas and do not take it seriously. His word holds and is certain. When he comes in his glory and power into the world in the manger, he will put down the mighty from their seats, unless ultimately, ultimately they repent.

-Bonhoeffer, a sermon in London on December 17, 1933