Christmas 2010 (Part I)

Christmas 2010 was quite memorable for a couple of reasons. For one, this is the first Christmas that I think Elijah had some grasp of its meaning and celebration. We spent the Advent season learning about different truths about Jesus: "He is the light of the world,""He is the way to God," "He is Immanuel--God with Us," "He came to save us," etc. We made words that reflected these truths to go with the tune to "This Little Light of Mine" and we learned to sing it every morning during our Bible reading time. We also got to present gifts to Jesus, His own Christmas tree at the Christmas Eve service and our songs in celebration of Jesus' birthday.

On Christmas morning, we opened gifts with Papa (grandpa) and Grandma. Ah-pa spent a short time explaining why we exchange gifts with one another to Elijah. God gave Jesus as a gift to us because He loves us. In the same spirit, we give gifts to one another as a reflection of God's heart and our love for each other. And then, it was time to open up the gifts! Elijah loved opening up his gifts--Lego sets, a tea and kitchen set, and books.

Later that day, Uncle Jin, Auntie Grace, cousins Christian and Evan, Uncle Daniel, and Auntie Grace came up to celebrate Christmas with us. We had a yummy meal, the guys spent some time watching the Lakers game, and we sang Christmas songs together. We also spent some time skyping with hal-ah-buji, hal-muh-ni, and the Lech family who were not able to join us for the celebration. We were thankful and glad that we got to celebrate Christmas with family in 2010!