My First Un-Christmas was a Disaster Turned Miracle

I had a reverse Grinch experience.

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“Jesus is the reason for the season,” my Mom always said.

Unlike Forest Gump’s mama, this wasn’t a nugget of wisdom for me to ponder for the rest of my life. No, this was my mother’s response when I asked her why my brothers could open presents on my birthday, and I didn’t get any on theirs.