Christmas was an exciting season for my six-year-old son. For weeks, he’d been memorizing songs for the “Winter Ceremony” in his kindergarten class. I went to see their rehearsal（预演）.
As I waited, students were led into the room. Each class,accompanied by their teacher, sat cross-legged on the floor. Then, each group, one by one rose to perform their song. I didn’t expect anything other than fun.
My son’s class rose to sing “Christmas Love”. Those in the front row on the center stage held up large letters, one by one, to spell out the title of the song. When the class sang “C is for Christmas,” a child would hold up the letter C. Then another would hold up “H” for Happy, and on and on, until each child was holding up a letter, presenting the complete message, “Christmas Love”.
The performance was going smoothly until suddenly we noticed a small, quiet girl in the front row holding the letter “M” upside down—totally unaware that her letter “M” appeared as a “W”. The audience began to laugh at this little girl’s mistake. But she had no idea that they were laughing at her, so she stood tall,proudly holding her “W”.Although many teachers tried to quiet the children, the laughter continued until the last letter was raised, and we all saw it together. A hush came over the audience and eyes began to widen. In that instant we understood the reason we were there, and even though it was such a busy holiday, there was a purpose of celebrating Christmas. For when the last letter was held high, the message read loud and clear: “CHRIST WAS LOVE”. And I believe that this is why Christmas is so important.
我等学生被带进了房间。 每个类陪同他们的老师 cross-legged 坐在地上。 然后，每个组，逐一起立执行他们的歌。 预料 didn’t 以外有趣的。
我的儿子 ’s 类上升至唱 “ 圣诞爱 ”。 在中心舞台上前排从事举行大型的信上一个接一个拼出这首歌的标题。 当类生 “ C 是为圣诞 ” 时，一个孩子会举起这封信 C。 然后另一种会把 “ H ” 的快乐，和上，直到每个孩子拿着一的封信上呈现该完整的邮件 “ 圣诞爱 ”。
性能顺利直到突然我们注意到一个小型的、 安静的女孩在前排颠倒持有字母 “ M ” — 完全不知道她的信 “ M ” 扮演 “ W ”。 听众开始嘲笑这个小女孩 ’s 错误。 但她不知道，他们笑她，所以她站高，自豪地持有她 “ W ”.Although 很多教师试图安静的孩子们一直持续到最后一封信提出，大家一起看见它的笑声。 过来，观众的一个宁静，眼睛开始扩阔。 我们谨此陈在那一瞬间理解我们有的原因，尽管它是一个繁忙的假日，有一个的庆祝圣诞的目的。 当最后一封信举行高，消息大声阅读和清除： “ 基督 WAS 爱 ”。 我相信这是为什么圣诞如此重要。
