Before you get caught up in all the decorating and gift-buying and party-going, remember that Christmas can only be found by the hearts that are silent and still before the manger.

Before we all go crazy like those Whos down in Whoville, we might need a reminder that the first Christmas was simple– just a baby in a manger surrounded by Mary, Joseph, and some adoring shepherds– so maybe ours needs to be the same.

What you and I need this Christmas isn’t anything that can be bought from a store or wrapped in a package with bows. What we need is the child in that manger who grew up to be the Savior of the world, our Prince of Peace.