Christmas

As time passes by, Christmas draws closer... and yet the meaning of Christmas drifts further away than ever... Christmas has ultimately just deteriorated to become just another festival...just another occasion for a family reunion... just another feast which is consumed by people who do not or have not ever had the slightest clue as to the true life and meaning of Christmas... People who don't really understand what or why Christmas is what it is... And I might be categorized as someone who does not or has not grasped the true meaning of Christmas...

People always say Christmas is a time of giving... We all hear through the media, Christmas is a time of happiness and celebration... But to most people, the sole reason Christmas is what it is said to be is because Christmas is now just another holiday... although it is a little more celebrated in some countries but it has now become just another holiday, another vacation, another chance to indulge in the idleness of humanity... however, I have lost that point of view on Christmas... Christmas is not just another getaway anymore(maybe because finals come right after Christmas)... All I see now in Christmas, is the rememberance of Jesus' birthday... It might not be the exact date of birth of Jesus, but the fact remains... All I see in Christmas is just another reminder... reminder of where we all come from... reminder of what we are made of... A reminder of our Creator... In a way, Christmas is, to me, a memo from Jesus... reminding us that He was born on Christmas and He has died for us(the very same creatures who had killed Him)... reminding us that life is just not about me, myself and I... reminding us that we are not alone as lopsided as the odds may be... reminding us that we are just human after all... and life should not be wasted on the explicit lavishness of the over-spending consumerists...

Christmas has only been interpreted as just another... another common time of entertainment... another average period of festivities... just another joyous occasion... just another holiday... which I feel has been quite the misleading concept of Christmas.