Why I love Christmas Eve. Without a doubt Christmas Eve is one of my top five gatherings at Grace Community and here is why: * The joy and excitement in the room is palpable. Kids are decked out in Christmas dresses and outfits. Family members from across the states have made their way home and are seated together.  * Tradition is a good thing for one night. Familiar Christmas songs and medleys are sung. Candles are rolled out as we sing Oh Holy Night. The same, yet powerful, and still life-changing Bible passage, is read concerning the birth of Jesus. Adults and children are seated together.  * Things slow down. people mingle in the hallways drinking wassail and hot coffee. Its as if you don't want to rush through the night because family is finally all together. * The offering, every penny, goes to the underprivileged . We will send out a group of people to bless a family, that is on hard times, with the entire offering from that service, and then do a