If it can come to all the Whoos down in Whoville, can it come to us? “And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ‘til his puzzler was sore. Then, the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?”

It’s not that the boxes and lights and parties are bad, we just need to make sure that the most important reason for Christmas is simply Jesus. The hope we need isn’t a certain thing, it’s simply Jesus. The peace we long for doesn’t come from our next day off or a trip to a far-off place, it’s simply Jesus. The joy we want doesn’t come from a certain job, promotion or some success, it’s simply Jesus. The faith that doesn’t disappoint isn’t in ourselves, it’s simply Jesus. What we and our world need, not just rather for the holidays, is simply Jesus.