Christmas is all about a celebration of God sending his one and only Son to earth! We pretty much all know the story but hers a summary to refresh your memory.
Mary, a young virgin, was engaged to a man named Joseph, a carpenter. Mary soon conceived a Son by the Holy Spirit who the angel said was to be named Jesus. Mary was troubled by what the angel had told her but she believed the angel and trusted in the Lord. Later on, Joseph and Mary would travel to Bethlehem because Caesar Augustus had declared a census to be taken. While there Mary gave birth to Jesus in a stable, because there was no room for them anywhere else. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and placed him in a manger. The Savior had come to the world.
Christmas is Jesus' birthday. How would you feel if someone just forgot you birthday? Ignored you? Didn't even think about you until they were sitting church and the preacher was preaching about it? I wouldn't like it. This is the celebration of when Mary gave birth to the Yahweh who came to save the whole world! Who would later perform miracles! Heal hundreds! Feed by the thousands! Die on the cross for OUR SINS! Why would we not celebrate his birthday?
Don't leave Christ out of Christmas. You can celebrate the other aspects of Christmas but just don't let it out shadow God. Merry Christmas!
And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people."
Luke 2:10
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