Tis The Season?

I've been very interested in seeing how Christmas this year would play out. Why? Chrstmas day falls on Sunday. Here in the Bible Belt I knew it would be particularly interesting. I would assume that most people in this area would at the very least claim to be a Chrstian, regardless of specific denomination. So out of these professed Christians, how many are going to church on Sunday? How many of those of us who believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin; who claim that He lived a sinless life so that He could die for he world, who was a part of a prophetic plan that was in place from the beginning by an all-loving all-knowing God and Creator of the universe, will put aside our materialistic traditions to go to church to worship our Lord? How many of us will wait to open gifts until after church so that we can teach our children, our families and our friends that Jesus is our Lord, and a holiday that has been immensely commercialized will not keep us from falling on our knees to give thanks and praise? Ladies and gentlemen, is Jesus really the reason for the season? Or will we, the ones who profess Christ as our Savior, show the world that tradition and materialistic things are more important?