Oh holy candlelight...

Welcomed by trees! After being strongly encouraged to turn away from a service I really didn't want to go to anyway (no room at the inn, ha ha), went to an Anglican church instead. Sang "O Holy Night" while looking over the flame of a candle at 3 little girls with crowns on their heads (the "3 wise women.") It included lots and lots of music and singing, remembering to have compassion for refugees, a children's version of the X-mas story (the place was filled with kids, both in the audience and up front in costumes as shepherds, angels, characters in the nativity scene, etc), scenes from Forest Gump, and how being lonely means it is time to be closer with God, who does not want you to be lonely. It was far, far better than I expected.