It's Christmas break!! yay. As I go into this time of season I began to wonder how we have come to this point. How is it that so many Americans look at Christmas as a time out of school or a time that family gets together to have a lots of food and presents and join in on the "holiday cheer"?
Well me being me, I started to break down the word Christmas and looked to see how it originated. I googled the word Christmas and found that if you break it down into two parts it means "Christ Festival". There are other words that could be used but i chose to use festival because it fits in with where im going with this. Further looking into the meanings of words we find that Christ is another word for "the anoited one" and festival means a celebration. So therefore Christmas should be a time that we celebrate the anoited one. It is His birthday after all. Only seems right.
Unfortunally this is not the case in many American homes. This time is a time for kids to get the gifts they waited for all year, a time where familys use the excuse to get together and eat wayy to much food. A time where kids look forward to being out of school and just relaxing all day for about 2 weeks, or if your lucky enough a whole month.
It's time to get back to the true meaning of Christmas, a time where Christ is truly celebrated. Without Him we would not have a purpose. So shouldnt we give Him the thanks he deserves for being born on this earth to free us from sins. He didn't have to do it, and if i was him i probably wouldnt have. That's why he is God and I am not. Arent you all lucky (haha). In all seriousness though...Here in America, Christmas has become nothing more then another money making holiday and that is sad to me. Since when has the true meaning been forgotten?
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