The Burden of Advent

Did you get it right this year?

Advent, I mean. Did you do it right?

Did your perfectly clean house smell like gingerbread? Were all of your gifts purchased and wrapped before December began? Have you had angelic family devotions every night where your children gathered around the piano and sang Silent Night perfectly on key?

What is it about Advent that makes us want to do everything perfectly?

Today, my house is a gift packing and car packing disaster that smells like burned noodl...