Christmas is a strange time. The air drips heavy with expectation – expectation that somehow on this one day of the year the magic of Christmas is going to happen and everything is going to be perfect.

And yet this great expectation just leads to a greater disappointment. The presents aren’t as great as expected, the family doesn’t miraculously mend bonds that have been broken for years, the after-meal chatter is just not quite as jovial as desired. The perfect Hollywood family Christmas is just not a reality.

But there is something that is real, very real, and that is love. We can’t control how other people behave, we can’t control how other people feel, but we do have control over ourselves and how we respond and treat them.

The only true magic of Christmas is love, and it is something that we all have to give.

May your heart be filled with love, and may you know the love of those around you this Christmas. Have a blessed Christmas!

Lots of love from the Drennans

Merry go round!

Eli’s fort

Attack of the naked baby!