Waiting for a letter ... Nativity scenes are taken out of boxes and arranged without the baby Jesus in the manger. It’s not time! He has not yet come. Houses are cleaned from top to bottom ...

I like the reminder of an empty manger: Advent is a time for waiting. When my youngest was ... a Christmas miracle that my grandmother’s baby Jesus still spends Advent safely tucked into a ...

I like the reminder of an empty manger: Advent is a time for waiting. When my youngest was ... a Christmas miracle that my grandmother’s baby Jesus still spends Advent safely tucked into a ...