The True Meaning of Christmas

[reason10]

It's wonderful to see the eyes of children light up during the Christmas season. But let's not go overboard with the candy cans, the trees and the idea that the holiday season is about love and joy and making the world a better place.

The original Christmas did not have snow, chimneys, presents under the tree and egg nog. The original Christmas was in the MIDDLE EAST.

There were camels, palm trees, dust storms, and terrorists, even then.

The Son Of God hadn't planned on being born in a barn. Joseph was not a homeless man. He was a very successful Nazareth carpenter. He and his wife were running for their lives because Herod had ordered the slaughter of ALL boys under the age of two. (Just in case anyone here thinks it can't get any worse than ISIS.) The original Christmas began with a threatened act of terrorism much more heinous than 911.

The Son Of God, the future King Of the Jews was ordered killed. His birth truly was a miracle.

For those who think the Middle East is a powder keg merely because of oil, just remember the very first Christmas.

[Gunny]

It's wonderful to see the eyes of children light up during the Christmas season. But let's not go overboard with the candy cans, the trees and the idea that the holiday season is about love and joy and making the world a better place.

The original Christmas did not have snow, chimneys, presents under the tree and egg nog. The original Christmas was in the MIDDLE EAST.

There were camels, palm trees, dust storms, and terrorists, even then.

The Son Of God hadn't planned on being born in a barn. Joseph was not a homeless man. He was a very successful Nazareth carpenter. He and his wife were running for their lives because Herod had ordered the slaughter of ALL boys under the age of two. (Just in case anyone here thinks it can't get any worse than ISIS.) The original Christmas began with a threatened act of terrorism much more heinous than 911.

The Son Of God, the future King Of the Jews was ordered killed. His birth truly was a miracle.

For those who think the Middle East is a powder keg merely because of oil, just remember the very first Christmas.

Bzzzt. Wrong. Christmas is actually a combination of the Christianity and the Pagan Winter Solstice to appease both religions.

The Christian meaning is it is the day we celebrate the birth of Christ. The reality meaning is :What did you get me this year?".

[darin]

Very well said.

The TRUE meaning of Christmas is this: Whatever somebody wants it to mean.

Setting-aside a day per year to shower our loved-ones with goods or blessings and all that - that's okay. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing wrong with using it as a means to be materialistic either. But to assign-only the recent Christian interpretation is not intellectually honest. Nobody within the church celebrated Christmas until the church of England (if I recall) officially sanctioned it because folks were doing it anyway, but calling it something else. The holiday was created to control behaviours of the congregation - nothing GOOD about that.

However.

Tis LOVELY. Just my favourite of everything happening on ONE day. :)