I think “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” is one of the most beautiful Christmas songs, followed closely by “O Holy Night”.

Today, we start our Christmas celebration. We’ll open our presents as a family, and tomorrow, we will celebrate with extended family. We give gifts in honor of the father heart of God, who loved us so much that He extravagantly gave us His only son, so that we may have abundant life today & eternal life forever.

A thrill of hope
The weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn

The King of kings lay
Thus in lowly manger,
In all our trials
Born to be our friend!

As the hymn says, it’s truly a time to rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel has come.