One more day and it will be December, the month that is
associated with Christmas, a time of celebration for so many people. Seven
years ago I wrote my first blog on the subject. It was about a poem that was ‘floating
around in Cyber Space’. Since then I’ve added ten more articles homing in on
Christmas. Links to them can be found below. The contents of these articles reveal
that there has been no progression of thought, and that I have not improved my
abysmal inability to express myself verbally. There, you see what I mean!
However, I can’t let the season of goodwill go by without
making a comment or two. I love, and I hate Christmas. I am ambivalent to it.
I love the fact that for me Christmas is significant because
of my Christian belief. I believe Jesus was a real man who was born of a virgin,
and yet at the same time He was God. In the Person of His Son He came to the
earth and humbled Himself. He came to serve the very ones He created. He came
to reveal His love and to give hope to those who would believe in Him. For me,
that’s what Christmas is about.
What bugs me is that it has become highly commercialised;
that part of it I hate. Hate is a strong word that truly expresses my abhorrence.
Kids love Christmas, and millions of parents too. I enjoy their
delight. Christmas is truly a wonderful time, but how I wish the commercial
aspect did not exist.
Luke 2:11-14
“For there is born to
you this day in the City of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this
will be a sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying
in a manger.”
And suddenly there was
with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
“Glory to God in the
highest,
And on earth peace,
goodwill
toward men!”
Links
Commercialism of Christmas
Christmas 1944
LED Christmas Tree
Festive Decorations
Christmas Decorations
Christmas Day of Joy
Lakeside Santa
Carols from Kings
Christmas
Yachtsman’s Christmas Tree
Christmas Eve
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