We Will Not Surrender
This year, I decided I needed to put up my Christmas tree earlier than I normally do. With everything weighing us down this year, I just felt that getting my Christmas decorations out sooner was the right thing to do. I was entertained that when I went to the tree lot a week ago, the guy there told me that he normally sells around 500 trees each season. This year, however, he said he had already sold 400 trees by the first few days of December and was down to his last shipment. I found that very curious. I have also been enjoying going around the neighborhoods and looking at people’s Christmas lights. It is something to do in the evening. I don’t know if it just me, but it seems that people’s yard displays are a lot more robust this year than in year’s past. Have you noticed that? And something about that just seemed right. You have heard me talk in the past about defiant joy. I think people’s instinct about Christmas decorations this year of all years is an example of this. We seem to be letting 2020 know that you can’t beat us. We will not surrender.
(Bishop Frank Schuster)