CHRISTMAS IS
Christmas is celebration; and celebration is instinct in the heart. With gift and feast, with scarlet ribbon and fresh green bough, with merriment and the sound of music, we commend the day — oasis in the long, long landscape of the commonplace. Through how many centuries, through how many threatening circumstance, has Christmas been celebrated since the cry came ringing down the ages, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ, the Lord.” Christmas is celebration, but the traditions that cluster sweetly around the day have significance only if they translate the heart’s intention — the yearning of the human spirit to encompass and express faith and hope and love. Without this intention, the gift is bare, the celebration merely a touch of tinsel, the time without meaning. As these attributes, exemplifying the divine spark…
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