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I ordered my box with all intentions of stopping by the church to pick it up, but I found myself in a bit of a slump and couldn't muster the energy to get out of the house for anything. On a snowy Tuesday I heard my doorbell ring. Low and behold, Santa (in the form of Ron Richards) had left the package on my porch. But I didn't open it. I got a text from a friend asking me about something in the box. But still, I didn't open it.

I'm not sure why, but I decided to open it. In doing so, I realized all at once that I had been going through the motions of Christmas traditions like putting up our tree and nativity collection, ordering and wrapping gifts, watching Christmas movies, but those were just a way to keep busy and distracted because in my heart I had canceled Christmas this year.
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