Many in our culture really have no idea what the true meaning of Christmas is. Our pastor recently shared that the top 10 Christmas songs have nothing to do with Christ. Imagine what Christ feels about that – a huge birthday celebration, but the one having the birthday is overlooked and forgotten.
We are so deceived…hustle, bustle, shopping, baking, wearing ourselves out, spoiled kids, overwhelmed with stuff…stomachs are left full (overloaded with sugar, usually) but souls are left empty.
Some ideas for keeping Jesus the focus of your family’s Christmas:
- Set up nativity scenes in your home.
- Play Christmas music in your home that sings about Christ’s birth.
- Teach your children the history of Saint Nicholas and what he did out of his love for Jesus.
- Read Luke 2 together as a family before opening gifts.
- Make a birthday cake for Jesus.
This December let’s have Christ-mas…more of Christ.
Merry Christmas!