There is so much to say about Christmas. There are the holiday celebrations and then there is the holiday spirit. The spirit of Christmas is more than just to celebrate the birth of Jesus. In fact, it is often said that the birth of Jesus was at a different time than the one settled upon for the celebration called Christmas. What matters is what you believe about the myths and legends that make up the background for the celebration. What matters even more is that people share in a time of need and build upon the community of humanity with the spirit of respect and responsibility that is the real blessing of the holiday. Christmas is a joy to some people and an agony to others in the same ways that people differ from each other. To one person, a cup may be half full while to another person, that same cup may be half empty. What matters about Christmas is what you do believe and how you go about celebrating the spirit of Christmas as a holiday and as a commitment to others in terms of compassion and humanitarian sharing. Now, ain’t that the way things should be going on to follow the concepts defining Heaven instead of the way things are now with famines, pestilences and wars to mire down our poor world.
