There can be no Christmas without the Christ.
And I think it's wrong for us Christians to celebrate Christmas without the Christ.
I mean, come on, christmas itself is just a date in the calender, an excuse for a holiday at the year's end. Some even say its a pagan festival.
What we should celebrate is not the date itself but the Virgin Birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
And we must celebrate in true, sincere, joy, not in some adrenaline-filled festivity that panders to worldly hedonism.
And we must give thanks, especially those of us who are blessed with food in our stomachs and clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads, and spare a prayer at the very least for the many who don't.
Call me a sermonizing wet blanket, but I believe we should not blindly drive ourselves into ecstasy over an arbitrarily declared date. For those who call themselves Christians, the joy must be at the gift of Salvation, and the many blessings God has given us, and our response must be, can only be, thanksgiving and prayer for the needy.
