Dreaming of a white Christmas is never very productive in the city of Brea.  We dream instead of a nice Christmas, and – given the reason for the celebration, the incarnation of the Lord Jesus almost two thousand years ago – it is pretty easy to have a nice Christmas in Brea.  The city’s crews always get in on the celebration with some seasonal decorations.

The week before Christmas the city of Brea opened a nice present for city pedestrians and cyclists with the addition of another portion of the Tracks at Brea Recreation Trail – the portion nearest the city’s downtown area.

Of course, there are always Christmas decorations around our house during the Christmas season.

And Christmas dinner is an important part of the traditional celebration at the Balsley home – a dinner which was enjoyed this year by Stephen, Meagan, Ryan and (for the first time) Erin, along with Dave and Jan and Caroleen.

Our family is grateful this year not only for the birth of Jesus so many centuries ago, but also for the arrival of Erin Laurel on April 21st of 2017.

Christmas in Brea has been a happy experience once again for our family – all because of the event which got the celebration going long ago, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.  He has enriched our lives in more ways than we can begin to count and, because He came to birth on earth as He did in order to accomplish the significant saving work He accomplished a little over thirty years later by His death and resurrection, He always will!