Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

What do you want for Christmas? How many times did that question get asked this past month? But today I want to think about this: not how you answered that question, but how would Simeon have answered that question? What did He want for Christmas? Well, he wanted to die. For, you see, he had been promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. So while this day is called The Presentation of Our Lord, maybe we should say that a little differently today, and call it the Present-tation -- the day Simeon's present was given to him.