It's a hard time to feel Christmas cheer if you're still reeling over sickness or the recent loss of a loved one. Sometimes, until we heal, the full holiday effect is just too much for our wounded spirits.

If the whole "Christmas experience" is overwhelming to you, try narrowing your celebration down to simple worship of God for the gift of His Son.

True Christmas is all about Him instead of us. It need be nothing more. We make it far too complicated because we center its significance on people, not God.

I hear people say all the time, "Christmas is all about the kids." Well, it isn't. It's about Jesus. If it's not, we're setting ourselves up for cruel disappointment. Kids will grow up and leave home. Sometimes loved ones die. Divorce happens. A lost job will leave your pockets empty with nothing under the tree-if you can even afford the tree...

You can once again listen to over four hours of commercial-free Christmas music on AllWorship.com from now through December 25th! Enjoy wonderful Christmas songs from the leading contemporary Christian artists. And, like all our music, it's free to listen from any computer, tablet or smartphone. Available only in our basic stream. Click here to listen.

We receive emails from our listeners around the world every month and they are so encouraging and humbling to us. We’d like to share some of those with you:

Location: Pennsylvania Comments: I began listening to All Worship about 10 years ago on my computer at home, and was so ministered to as our daughter was scheduled for surgery for a tumor that was believed to be malignant. As I listened to Hillsong singing "My Hope" by Darlene Zschech, the presence of God filled the room and I was able to pray. She was in Missouri going to Bible College and we were living in Pa. All fear left me. As it turned out, praise God it was not malignant. Thank you so much for your ministry.

Location: Unknown Comments: Praise God! I'm a praise and worship leader and have used many of the songs I've heard while listening to AllWorship.com at work. The "Now Playing " feature has been a very important tool for me. I've been blessed by your station because it has been such a help to me when it comes to finding good songs for praise and worship at church. Thank you, thank you, thank you!