Christmas! Should we or should we not? A question that?s been haunting me for a long time. 

Yes, we did celebrate Christmas when my kids were small, but we did not celebrate it the way we should, and maybe, that is why I am now so against it, not because it is wrong, but because what the world made Christmas to be.

Christmas is supposed to be celebrated to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God but how many people can really say that they celebrate Jesus on Christmas day. 

Most people do not even pray on that day, or even tell their children what it is about. It is all about decorating homes, giving gifts and getting the kids excited about Christmas Father that does not even exist. Why can we not let them get excited about Jesus Christ that died on the cross for their sins?

Why can we not make a ?huge celebration? around that. Instead of waking the kids up at 12h00 to get their gifts, why not wake them up to have a Bible Study, breaking bread and drink grape juice to remember what Jesus did for us. Maybe because it will not be ?fun? for them?

Take it a step further. Let the family come together and sit around a table talking about Jesus and then as a family have communion? That is just not happening, because somehow we are ?humiliated? to do such things with family, especially those we only see now and then? Why is it so easy to do all the gift giving, decorating homes and telling the kids they must go to bed because Father Christmas is coming. 

Am I pointing fingers to those that do celebrate Christmas, the answer is no! Absolutely not. What I am trying to do is to make us all aware...that if you do celebrate Christmas. Make it about Jesus. It is His birthday (even if we do not know the exact day) When it is your birthday, people make a fuss about it. They talk to you, give you gifts. You are the highlight that day. They do not just tell you happy birthday and then give gifts to one another. The attention is on you.

On Christmas day...Put the highlight on Jesus, then in between, give gifts, eat together, love one another...and let the kids get excited about the One that SAVED us all. 

I pray that we will all grow closer to Jesus each day and that we will start a new way in celebrating Christmas and that includes me. I am challenging myself to start this year 2020, a new family tradition and I pray that it will go on in generations to come. Let?s break bread and drink wine in celebrating Jesus birth, death and resurrection. 

Let?s celebrate Jesus daily and not just once a year.