True Christmas Spirit

I had a great experience last night that stuck out in my mind today. I was with a group that went Christmas caroling last night. In between houses as we were walking I was asking a few of the kids what they had asked for for Christmas. One little girl told me that she hadn't asked for anything. She explained to me that the presents aren't what Christmas is really about. I am not quoting her exactly but her message was clear. She said that she didn't understand where the big idea of presents came from. Christmas is really about Jesus being born. I told her that I thought our tradition of giving gifts came from the wise men giving gifts to the baby Jesus when they first visited Him. She was aware of the fact that they had given him gifts. We didn't talk much more about it but I was really impressed with what she had said. This is a good message for all of us. Have fun but at the same time keep things in perspective and don't loose sight of real purpose for celebrating Christmas.