Caught Up in the Hype

Do you ever feel that you are losing yourself in Christmas? That the idea of Christmas is gone? What happened? Why am I saying idea instead of spirit?

As I and many others out there get caught up in the gimmicks, the idea, and the falsified image. The gadgets, the technology, and the junk. I feel that I am not teaching my children the real meaning of Christmas. The expectation of gifts are getting greater and greater each year. I see it more now that I have two children. I have no one to blame except for myself, and maybe the media. So as I talk with Rick about this today. I said to him next year's Christmas is going to be different. We are not buying are children any gadgets, game systems, or electrical devices. We are not going to ask them, we are going to just buy what ever.

Christmas is not about the gifts we give or about what we receive. It's about the birth of Jesus Christ. The man we owe everything to. The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of Jesus. Him being brought into your life for the good. Doing good deeds for others. Christmas should not be this depressing and stressful. We do this to ourselves. We should be enjoying and celebrating the birth of our Savior.

Mt 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.

Mt 2:10-11
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
On coming to the house, they saw a child with his mother Mary,
and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their
treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and
of myrrh.