(an old post from 2008)
Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city.... Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop.... Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way....
Is this what Christmas has become? Silver bells jingling, Christmas trees, holly and mistletoe? Or even worse, has Christmas become a consumer holiday, centred around money and buying. One thing I've learnt from working in retail during the lead up to Christmas is that it is crazy; the shops are full and the shelves are emptying at a rapid rate of knots. The big shops earn big bucks and run out of the stock that they started ordering in crazily large amounts in early November. Where is the real meaning of Christmas in the midst of this consumerism? Can it even be found?
Of Course! If we only just take a few moments to remember that Christmas isn't all about the presents, it's not all about bells, santa, reindeers and christmas trees. What Christmas is really about is LOVE! It was in love of us that God gave Jesus to us. It was love that started His life as a man and in love that he lived. So when we're celebrating Jesus' birth shouldn't we too celebrate it in love?
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