I'm really a kid at heart and I guess that is one of the reasons I love Christmas so much. I love the music, the shows, the decorations, the lights, and the presents! Even though my family was fairly poor growing up we still had wonderful Christmases with family and friends. I treasure the memories from those days and I reflect on them often.
I have certain rituals that I follow every year during the holiday season. I have to watch "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and "A Christmas Story." I also have to indulge myself with copious amounts of Egg Nog and Christmas cookies. To top off these rituals I have to try and convince my nieces, and now my grandson, that I'm an elf and that I'm best buds with Santa. When the movie "Elf" came out I told them it was my life story. :)
But I also have some other rituals. I have to light the Advent wreath to bring to mind the fact that the Baby in the manger will be returning as the King of kings! I also make a point of being in church on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of the One Who Saved My Soul. The biggest reason I love Christmas is because I love the Christ whom it celebrates.
I am amazed every time I think of what Christ has done for me and for us all. The thought that God would humble Himself to become like me is staggering. It is even more staggering to realize that He has made a way for me to become more like Him. The Christ Mass, the celebration of the Primordial Sacrament who is Christ Himself, has implications that are almost unfathomable. The Lord of the Universe walked among us and died among us. He ate and slept like us. He hungered and thirsted like us. He cried and laughed like us. Jesus Christ was and is like us and yet He is so much more. Fully divine and fully human.
I love Christmas because I love what it stands for...peace on earth, goodwill toward men, family, friends, fellowship, giving, etc. But the main reason I love Christmas is because I love Jesus Christ and, more importantly, He loves me.
Merry Christmas to you and yours. May the Christ of Christmas fill your hearts with peace, love, and goodwill toward men.
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