Here is my remaining to-do list for Christmas:

1. Go buy parsley.  (It needs to be fresh, and parsley never seems to keep in my refrigerator for more than a day or so before wilting and getting sad.)
2. Make breakfast bread.
3. Fill out a few remaining Christmas cards for person-to-person giving.
4. Prepare appetizers and desserts for the holiday weekend.
5. Finish wrapping a few gifts.

Not a bad list!  Yours might be a lot longer.  But whether longer or shorter than mine, I think we can all agree that most of our lists are full of tasks that really, in the end, aren’t hugely necessary to our personal spiritual walk.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  Christmas is a fun time and a blessed time, and it’s good to be able to give and serve and do.  Don’t worry about cutting your list of non-spiritually-necessary things down if having that list…