I had a thought the other day & I have been mulling it over.
Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why don't we just celebrate Christ?
The last couple of years my church has mildly pushed people to take up the tradition of celebrating Advent. My (admittedly somewhat visceral) response has been along the line of: "...that is an European tradition. We have enough traditions here already. I don't need to take up any more...".
But maybe it is time to kick over our old traditions and take up some different ones.
Maybe by doing so we can re-emphasize Christ and de-emphasize shopping.
(But that way lies a rant. So I will just pose the question again for you:)
Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why don't we just celebrate Christ?
What do you think?
Thursday, December 20
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