Here in this third week of Advent, we see the lights of a false dawn that comes before the true light of Christmas. Everywhere you go, you see houses with their Christmas lights on and their Christmas decorations out. In the stores and on the radio you hear Christmas music following you around. Everyone has become so used to thinking of these weeks after Thanksgiving as "The Christmas Season" that by the time Christmas actually comes around, they are already sick of it.  read more »