Our foundress, St Jane de Chantal, has been described as celebrating Christmas in this spirit:
“Her love for God, strong, solid, and, if we may use the expression, severe, was, nevertheless, allied to piety the most tender and simple. It was pleasing, at the Christmas feast, to see with what devotion she went herself to wrap up a statue of the Infant Jesus and lay it in the crib she had prepared for it, and with what childlike joy she sang and listened to the Christmas carols written by the Sisters. She cared but little for the rhyme, provided the sentiment was devout. She even liked them to introduce some innocent and recreative strain. With the same childlike devotion, she celebrated the feast of the Epiphany, and commissioned Sister Marie-Peronne de Chatel to put into verse the journey of the Three Kings.”
Source:
St. Chantal and the Foundation of the Visitation, Volume 2 by Bishop Bougaud