Christmas
At the beginning of the month of November whilst listening to the radio I heard a number of Christmas advertisements. Some were from banks and others from clothes stores. It was a reminder of reality. The commercial world has taken the lead in reminding all that Christmas is around the corner. Even before the church calendar has come to an end, even before we have begun the season of Advent, the commercial Christmas has begun. Sadly such commercial activities also draw Christians towards celebrating a worldly Christmas. Christmas trees, Santa Claus, snow man, reindeer and many more symbols which have no relevance what so ever to the events that took place in a cattle shed more 2000 years ago, takes an important place in the celebrations of Christmas to the church and every Christmas home. Hence there is a build up to the 25 th of December and on the 26 th all is over and life returns to normal. Business have made their money, people have spent theirs, some even their savings and ...