You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Christmas’ tag.
My whole life I was taught never to write Merry Xmas, that it was taking Christ out of Christmas. Then just yesterday I was reading an Advent devotional book that gave the reason for Xmas. So here is the jest of what I read. The word “Christmas” comes from the English “Cristes maesse” meaning Christ’s mass. Xmas is sometimes used instead of Christmas. This tradition traces its use to the fact that X is the first letter of the name of Christ in Greek and, as a result, X was frequently used as a “holy” symbol. Who knew that the X was holy? Not that I will go around signing my Christmas cards Merry Xmas, but now I won’t feel so bad when I see Xmas. Thought some of you might like to know this little tidbit of information!
I am a very lucky man. I have a lot to be thankful for this Christmas season. I have a beautiful wife, two healthy boys. I have a home, a vehicle, & nice clothes. I am not in need. Yet, I like everyone else in the United States, feel the need to buy more this time of year. I buy more toys on top of the ones my boys already have, because if I don’t I feel am doing them an injustices. I buy my wife clothes in which she already has plenty of and my wife buys me electronics, which, frankly, I really don’t need (but don’t tell her that).
All this spending, all this hustle and bustle that we do for one day in December, makes me wonder WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS? Now don’t get me wrong, I love buying things for people, I admit I am part of the problem. But have you ever stopped and wondered how far we have gotten away from what Christmas is suppose to be all about, the birth of are Savior. Since when did we start buying presents for everyone else other than the person having the birthday? When it’s my wife’s birthday, I don’t go out and buy my boys and myself a gift. That would be ridiculous, but we do it on our Savior’s birthday.
I think if we were to put the focus back on Him and less on ourselves, Christ still would not want any presents. Rather knowing Christ’s nature, I believe He would want to help his sheep that are less fortunate than we are.
I stated early what I was thankful for but I left out key things that I take for granted everyday, like water. Did you know there are people all over this world that do not have clean drinking water. Food is something else I take for granted. I go to the pantry anytime I want and grab something to eat. There are millions of people that will go without food tonight; most of them are children. Nevertheless, as not to make others and myself feel too bad this Christmas season, I’ll stop. On the other hand, maybe we need to hear more of this very thing to take the focus off our greed and more on the hurting and needy people of this world.
Adventconspiracy.org that talks about this very thing, spending less on ourselves and using that money to help others. It is a site worth checking out, but be warned it may change the way you view Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!
I remember certain things from my childhood that really has no significance whatsoever; I especially remember most events that have taken place around the Christmas season. I remember for several Christmas in a row, I’d always asked for Legos and never got them, I have always thought that to be strange, it’s not like Legos are all that expensive. And you know what I’m not that only one, turns out a lot of my friends remember asking for something several years in a row and not getting that toy.
So I thought it be neat to see what was that one toy that you wanted, but did not get. I bet you remember!
