The Year Christmas Changed Forever

The gift of giving

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

When I was a child Christmas was a time for making long lists of what we wanted and waiting to see what was under the tree. Back then, there was no greater thrill than having a mountain of presents to open and relish for the weeks and months to come. That all changed the year I discovered that the joy of Christmas isn’t in what you get.

It is in giving that we…