So it is almost here! We are exited and ready for the day! Today we are going to make cookies with Granny in preparation for Santa. Sam is very excited. I am as well. I am so looking forward to spending a magical time with my family, immediate and distant. It seems to reconnect us all with our loved ones and create special memories. It does seem it is easy to get caught up in all of the Christmas Chaos that is really what Christmas IS NOT about! I hear so many people say the will be glad when it is over. That makes me sad. I look forward to this all year long. Due to the immense marketing and advertising during the season, the real meaning of Christmas is often lost. People nowadays equate the holidays as a time of gift giving and receiving. Although this is not a bad thing, it is also a very materialistic point of view which is magnified by the major advertising that shows the holidays as a time when the tree is full of presents and people are happy to receive boxes left, right and center.
The true meaning of Christmas is actually how a person understands the season. Some people who only understand that the holidays is a time in which one spends money to buy gifts will always be stuck in this rut for as long as he believes in it.
Christmas is actually a representation of the love we universally feel for mankind. Christians have always believed that it is a celebration of the birth of Christ and the renewal of our belief in God and Christianity.
The most important thing to remember when you’re thinking about Christmas is that it’s not just about presents or Santa Claus or singing carols. Christmas marks a very important historic event. You can read the actual Christmas story in Matthew or Luke in the Bible, and maybe this Christmas you can think about the holiday in a slightly new way.
So although it is so much fun opening presents, shopping, and all that goes along with it, remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
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