Christmas Mass and Christmas Eve

Instead of attending a traditional Catholic midnight mass, we attended a non-denominational Christian service on Tuesday evening at CCV. Being a day early, it wasn't as crowded, but pretty filled. The service started out with the stage filled with all Christmas theme decor such as snowmen, trees, gifts, etc. The band played some great xmas carols with a rock and roll band. It was a great sing along. The message from the Pastor was that we shouldn't be forgetting what Christmas is all about. It's not about the gifts, the parties, etc, it's about the birth of Jesus. Towards the end of the service, all the decor was slowly and quietly removed from the stage as well as the singers. We in the audience, were left singing Silent Night, Ocapella style, with all but a baby jesus on stage. The message was loud and clear... Christmas Eve dinner was spent at Brenda's parent's house with an awesome Italian dinner! Thanks guys for the invite! This was our first Christmas that we haven't spent in Michigan and Patsy and Mike are such warm gracious hosts and made us feel like part of their family. Later we attended an Open House at Erin & Mike's to finish up the evening with good friends. Stay tune for Christmas morning....