Outrageous amounts of family, friends, football and food is just a few days away. Certainly, Thanksgiving is a fantastic holiday all by itself. But, for me, it has always served primarily as the kickoff to the Christmas season. I mean, I think Macy’s gets it right when they send Santa down Central Park West at the end of the parade.

I’ll admit that I love the entire culture of the Christmas season, but Santa is not the reason we celebrate Christmas—Jesus is.

So as we approach the Christmas season, let’s commit to dwelling upon the real reason we celebrate: the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Desiring God has produced a great devotional that I highly recommend for each of you this Christmas. It provides a reading for each day from December 1st-25th as well as a short devotional to read with it.

Focus your celebration of Christmas this year on the person of Jesus by following The Good New of Great Joy devotional.