What about Advent?

How clever of our theological forefathers to establish, in our church year, respectably long waiting periods [Advent & Lent] before the two most important holy days all year! They aren’t specified in the Bible, but how important they are in giving us breathing room to prepare our hearts and souls for the arrival, then the crucifixion, of our Savior. This Advent invites—nay, beckons—us to even more wonder of the miracle of Christmas. Fret not: NOBODY nor NOTHING—not even commercialism in all its forms—can take Christ out of Christmas. We won’t let them!