Every year, we feel the massive gap between the perfect, Hallmark-movie Christmas we want and the stressful, exhausting, and chaotic one we often get. This “Finding Christmas” series cuts through the noise and tinsel to help you uncover the real substance of the holiday season, exploring four foundational truths. Stop wishing for a perfect Christmas and instead discover **Hope** as a confident expectation in a present God. Learn that **Peace** is not the absence of chaos, but the presence of wholeness, or *Shalom*, right in the middle of your mess. Understand that **Joy** is not a feeling you have to manufacture, but good news you get to receive. And finally, see that at its core, Christmas is a **Love** story of proximity—God closing the distance to be near you and give you rest. Join us as we stop simply trying to survive the holidays and start finding the true meaning of Christmas.