Thoughts on Christmas

It was my habit to put the Christmas tree up immediately after Thanksgiving. I love Christmas and all it stands for. The spirit of giving abounds even though motivations of the heart may be compromised. To really give, one must want to give and do so with only the motive of love behind it. Too many give because they want to receive something or feel that there is some obligation to give in order to be acceptable to ones peers, siblings or parents. There is a tremendous pressure that Christian society places on others at the time of Christmas. We are reflecting on what Christ did for us by coming to a lowly manger, laying aside his divinity to take up humanity. My, what a step He took. And yet repeatedly, we see the love He had for all mankind which demonstrates the idea that God felt the world and everyone in it both past, present and future are worth saving. This is really what I perceive Christmas to be about. A gift was given. A gift of unspeakable love and ever since we have been trying to make sense of it, trying to arrive at the truth of the gift. So we decorate, we buy, we give, in the hope that we can arrive at what it is really all about.

The day after finds us filled with just as many emotions as we had before the day began. We are joyful over the time spent or regret having spent too much money. We find our psyche perhaps damaged by comments made by relatives that we don't agree with. We feel somewhat letdown. But the reality is that we for a moment, forgot about all of the problems of our own small personal world and for once thought about the world at large. Be it positively or negatively, our thoughts and actions were turned outside ourselves and we stumbled trying to do something good. For a brief moment, we became givers and the truth was revealed even if for a moment, we became more like God.

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