Musings on Christmas - Part 1

I think Christmas should be celebrated. We were visiting a son in 2019 on Christmas Eve. I wanted to go to a church service and, being unfamiliar with the area, I checked the web for a church that was having services. Finding one nearby, we drove over.

The parking lot was filling rapidly when we arrived. There weren't many Christmas decorations outside, but that didn't bother me. Once inside the vestibule, there was a Christmas tree and scattered other decorations.

We found seats and settled in. Was I ever surprised. The service had very little mention of Christmas or the birth of Christ. It was greatly disappointing! The sermon would have been very appropriate on Easter Sunday, but it seemed very out of place on Christmas Eve. Did it present the Gospel message? Yes. Did it focus on Christ and His work on our behalf? Yes. But it didn't have much, if anything, to do with His birth.

I later did some investigating and found that the churches of the particular brand we visited don't celebrate Christmas. They don't think it appropriate.

Very interesting. I had not known of a church like that before. And, what gives?

The Scriptures are clear that the birth of Christ was a very special event. How many others do you know who had an angel announce their birth and a heavenly host sing in recognition of it? How many have had a special star shine brightly for their birth? Some might have had gifts brought to them, but how many had wise men, who didn't even know the family, search for them, find them, and present very valuable gifts?

Seems like if all of that was recorded for us, maybe we ought to celebrate His birthday each year. After all, He wouldn't have been able to complete His other work had He not been born as a baby. That was required for Him to experience life as we experience it.

So count me as one of those who believes we should celebrate with great joy that the Savior of the world was born in Bethlehem on Christmas Day!!

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