just hear those sleigh bells ringing come on, it s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you pete: good saturday morning, everybody, welcome to our fourth and final hour. it is december 2nd, year of our lord 2023. and, will, rachel and i are here, glad to be here with you and the all-american christmas tree. rachel: isn t it fun to hear the christmas music? will: it is, i agree. just thinking the same thing. i m not rachel: oh, i know. will: there s a slight chance you figured i was making fun of you, but i m not. right? i m serious. rachel: i believe you have christmas cheer. will: in my heart. pete: it s in there. will: it comes out after thanksgiving pete: and in the month of december. i still have some problems with that in-between time rachel: tomorrow is the will: is your tree up in. pete: tree is going up tomorrow, but i did buy two records, because i have a record player. country christmas, george strai- will: that s the sound of my childh
us, is that enough? no, it is not. we dream of what we will receive under the tree, but on christ s birthday, what gifts can we bring the baby jesus? what does that mean? after the carols end and the parties disappear and the deck decorations are put away, how do we live a life worthy of christ every day? living the concepts he inspired. faith, forgiveness, love, charity. conscience, service, humility and honor. dad, a few years ago you spoke about how you went to a midnight mass at a shelter for pregnant womennary time square. and how some of the women held a plastic jesus doll as if it were their own doll and went at the joy and promise of new life. like the kings and the angels at the stable? we can t follow the star-of-bethlehem to the manger. and we aren t always angels. i get it. if we move ready a the daily world as if we are holding the baby jesus in our arms, a living, breathing witness to our lives exactly our point. that s the christmas gift that