Most of us have a clear conception of what Christmas should look like, taste like, sound like, and smell like. We have ideas of who needs to be involved or invited and when the various aspects of a proper holiday celebration should take place. The majority of us would have no trouble at all finishing the sentence, “Christmas wound’t be Christmas without _______.” In fact, most of us would provide our input with an exclamation point! This season we will consider the many ways in which Christmas comes to us. We will ask aloud, “if we were to strip every element of Christmas away, one by one, what would we be left with?” Maybe, just maybe, we would see Christmas more clearly.