Is it Enough?

I was reading to Abby from The Friend magazine today and we read a story called The Gift.

The story talks about a little girl, Sofia, who's family in quarantined after several of their farm animals die suddenly. Nobody is allowed to come to or leave their farm. When Christmas comes, they don't have any presents, decorations or special food for a nice meal.

Sofia's older brother surprises the family by setting up a beautiful nativity scene in the woods near their farm.

Sofia is touched by the beauty of this special surprise from her brother...

"And suddenly Sofia knew that it was [a Merry Christmas]. There would be no presents, no tree, and no special dinner. But there would always be the precious gift of the Savior. And that was enough."

I got emotional reading these words. We celebrate Christmas to remind us about the gift of the Savior but is the knowledge of this wonderful gift enough to make Christmas special?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with decorating our homes, visiting Santa, baking goodies and giving gifts. Sometimes though, we get so caught up in all of that that we forget what Christmas is really about.

I hope the knowledge of the precious gift of the Savior may bring all of us joy during this holiday season.