The Diminished Meaning of Christmas
The real meaning of Christmas is being diminished throughout our society. Santa Claus has become what Christmas is about to many people. Receiving presents is something obsessed over instead of giving and loving like Christmas should be. Light displays and decorations have engulfed the time of people, encouraging competition and fights among neighbors. All these things are what happen around Christmas time when what should be happening is remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, the reason Christmas exists at all.
Children everywhere beg their parents to rush them to the nearest mall to see Santa Claus, a random man dressed in a red suit. They then write “Santa” a list of what they would like to get for Christmas and hope he considers them as being good boys and girls this past year. These children are convinced Santa Claus is why there is Christmas, as the story books say. Everyone, not just children, watch movies throughout the Christmas season all about Santa, as if he has anything to do with this great holiday. Everyone overlooks the real meaning of Christmas and moves on to the “fun” things like dressing up like an elf or learning about Santa and his reindeer.
Along with this major diversion are the presents Santa is suppose to bring to all those who are good. The time children spend making out lengthy lists of what they want is almost appalling. They ask and ask for everything they see on television or on the store shelves. Even non-believers of Santa Claus are guilty of such things. Everyone rushes through the malls, seeing Christmas shopping as a hassle, grabbing whatever is on sale for a friend or relative and then hoping they get something really good in return. The Christmas season has become all about what you get in material possessions instead of how much your friends, family, and Jesus get closer together because of the holiday.
Another distraction from celebrating the birth of Christ, are holiday decorations. People tend to obsess over whose house has more lights on it or which Christmas tree is bigger. This leads to conflicts and competitive attitudes that have nothing to do with the Christmas holiday. Material based actions like competing with your neighbors over who has more diminishes the meaning of Christmas entirely. It is sad how much this is around, there are thousands of light display contests every year and so everyone is going commercial, losing sight of Jesus Christ.
The true importance of Christmas needs to be made evident in our society. So many just let it go by and many children don’t know any better. This needs to be changed, but can only happen once all these remedial beliefs and traditions are replaced with profound ones. So, forget about the guy in red, who does not exist, and the lights and presents that were way too expensive and too much trouble anyway and concentrate on why the day of Christmas is even here to celebrate. This reason is the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and He is what really matters.
Children everywhere beg their parents to rush them to the nearest mall to see Santa Claus, a random man dressed in a red suit. They then write “Santa” a list of what they would like to get for Christmas and hope he considers them as being good boys and girls this past year. These children are convinced Santa Claus is why there is Christmas, as the story books say. Everyone, not just children, watch movies throughout the Christmas season all about Santa, as if he has anything to do with this great holiday. Everyone overlooks the real meaning of Christmas and moves on to the “fun” things like dressing up like an elf or learning about Santa and his reindeer.
Along with this major diversion are the presents Santa is suppose to bring to all those who are good. The time children spend making out lengthy lists of what they want is almost appalling. They ask and ask for everything they see on television or on the store shelves. Even non-believers of Santa Claus are guilty of such things. Everyone rushes through the malls, seeing Christmas shopping as a hassle, grabbing whatever is on sale for a friend or relative and then hoping they get something really good in return. The Christmas season has become all about what you get in material possessions instead of how much your friends, family, and Jesus get closer together because of the holiday.
Another distraction from celebrating the birth of Christ, are holiday decorations. People tend to obsess over whose house has more lights on it or which Christmas tree is bigger. This leads to conflicts and competitive attitudes that have nothing to do with the Christmas holiday. Material based actions like competing with your neighbors over who has more diminishes the meaning of Christmas entirely. It is sad how much this is around, there are thousands of light display contests every year and so everyone is going commercial, losing sight of Jesus Christ.
The true importance of Christmas needs to be made evident in our society. So many just let it go by and many children don’t know any better. This needs to be changed, but can only happen once all these remedial beliefs and traditions are replaced with profound ones. So, forget about the guy in red, who does not exist, and the lights and presents that were way too expensive and too much trouble anyway and concentrate on why the day of Christmas is even here to celebrate. This reason is the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and He is what really matters.
posted by Heather @ 10/05/2004 10:10:00 PM
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