Taking Christ out of Christmas
Several weeks ago a friend of mine sent me one of those email letters about how bad it was to take Christ and the religious meaning out of Christmas and if someone says to you, “Happy Holidays”, don’t let them get away with it! Correct them and let them know that you will not stand for them taking Christ out of Christmas! As I read the letter it dawned on me that whoever wrote this nonsense had just done more to take Christ out of Christmas then anyone I have ever known who had wished me, “Happy Holidays”.
From my understanding of Christ, He would not have cared what you said to anyone but would be all about what you did to those around you. Did you love your neighbor, feed the hungry, and clothe the poor? What about visiting prisoners in your local jail, visiting seniors in the local senior facility, give a room to the homeless or a place for the sick to lay their heads? What someone says to you about Christ cannot match what you do in His name. BTW: the church took over a pagan holiday and switched it to Christmas so Christ was really never a part of Christmas in the first place; but who looks up the truth when the lie takes over?
