For Christmas eve service we went to the Central Union Church (on Punahou and Beretania). Neither my wife nor I are terribly “religious”, the closest we would come to is Buddhists, however, since it was Christ-mas eve, we thought going to a Christ-ian church would be nice. We arrived for the 5:30pm service and sat in the back row since it was our first time there and we might need to make a quick escape with our crying son.


The beautiful church was filled with lots of other families. In fact, the service was dedicated to children. The reverend invited all the children to come up to the front several times, and Mason (now 15 months) seemed to want to go too.

What was really nice for me was that for one of the few times since we’ve become “parents” I felt like I could relax in PUBLIC. Sure there’s lots of places, like the zoo, where we let Mason run wild, but here was a church and he could adventure some and be a bit noisy, and I didn’t have to feel *guilty* about it. Perhaps it’s just me, but during the many years I was not a parent, I got annoyed at parents who let their kids go crazy while I was trying to enjoy my food, or flight, or church service. Now that I am a parent, I see that most parents really ARE trying to help their children enjoy the experience WHILE not annoying others excessively.

Being able to experience something as lovely as a group of children singing (off-key) Christmas songs while my son runs up and down the aisles was a very nice present! Thank you! :)

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