We may have won the battle, but I think we have lost the Christmas war. Oh, yes, we raised a ruckus and the last few years we got "Merry Christmas" back into the vocabulary of the retail industry. But really, we lost. Christmas has become a secular holiday.
Ed Stetzer reports on his blog that:
"Though a majority encourage belief in Christ at Christmastime, 67 percent of Americans say that, 'Many of the things I enjoy during the Christmas season have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.'"
Imagine what your Jewish friend or boss would think if you decided to have a Hanukkah party. Yet, if they choose to have a Christmas party, no one blinks. To choose to celebrate the birth of a Jesus who is not the incarnate Son of God is just having another excuse to have a drink and revelry and party.
We've lost the war. Christmas means nothing. Watch the TV shows and discover the real meaning of Christmas is family, or love, or hope, or caring, or sharing, or a combination of several or all of these. It makes me want to shout like Charlie Brown " Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"
We need a Linis to speak up and tell our society again what the true meaning of Christmas is.
It is worth noting that Charles Shultz had to fight to get this part of his special made even back in the 60s because the TV people thought it would not be popular even then.
Perhaps it is a glimmer of hope that life can be restored to a lifeless Christmas. Christ can be the center of Christmas. Families can be restored. Love can be shown in full. Giving and caring can be done with an eternal perspective and hope can reign in Him. May the traditions of our lives be meaningful and may we courageously point people to the Savior who was born on Christmas Day.
Merry Christmas.
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