Over in Steiner Ranch there’s this one guy who has like a 20 foot tree on top of his house, he’s got a sled with flying reindeer, Santa is on the front lawn to remind us of the real meaning of Christmas, he has the mailbox of Frank Griswald, and at least 6000 lights, maybe more. It’s a circus and taco stand and Las Vegas all compressed onto a half acre lot. -- There’s a house like that in River Place too. But, what I noticed about this house -- and I just noticed this today -- is that right next door is a simple crèche with the holy family, three kings, a shepherd, and miscellaneous livestock. It is not lighted, you can only see it in the day time. Nothing flashes. None of the livestock have a red nose either. It’s just a normal, quite pretty but unelaborate manger scene. And it occurred to me that this is a true reflection of what Christmas has become. Jesus is still there -- he hasn’t been stolen by secularists, oh ye of little faith -- It’s just hard to see Him. But there He is. Jesus and the whole gang. They are right there in the darkness which is right next to the light.