Are We Really Looking For Christmas?

The stores are full of people looking for just the right gift. The store itself is decorated for what they call Christmas. Christmas songs are filling the air. I can’t think “Rockin’ around the Christmas tree” is a Christmas song! I’m sorry to say that I rather like all those things but when I am home in my quiet bedroom I know that Christmas is a day with far greater meanings than “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” (a song I dearly love)

I am really happy that President Trump has said it’s good to say “Merry Christmas” to one another again. But I am unhappy that all good Christmas items like the scene of the Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child cannot be seen in schools or any public place. Folks just don’t know the real meaning of Christmas

Even the word Christmas is everywhere from selling cars to skimpy underwear is flung around as ideas for gift giving. However, the word separated tells it all. Christ-mas is an old fashioned word telling us that it is a christian day for celebrating Christ birthday. The word Mass means a solemn service in a church.

So, how about some unwinding and taking time to worship the Christ who took away your sins and made it possible for us to call God our father. I have tried to decorate our home as a celebration of Christs birthday and leave all the worldly things to those who don’t know Him. I sure wish they did the same. We would be a happy people then, wouldn’t we?