it's only about 3 days left before the birth of our Lord.
But before Christmas arrives I would like to share this little experience,
When I was a kid, I really used to think Santa was real (blame American programming for that.) I stayed up late one night just to see if he would put presents under our Christmas tree. So, I sat on our living room that night hoping to catch a glimpse of him. Of course when you are a kid staying up past 8 o' clock is a damn hard thing to do so I dosed off. But I remembered waking up at about 3 o'clock am on Christmas day and I could slightly see the door of our house which was unusually open that night, but still Santa Claus was nowhere to be seen. I was kinda heart broken because of that. I don't know why my parents would let me have that kind of belief since we are Christians and we do live in the Philippines and that Christmas was about the birth of our Lord.
So I was the only who told myself that Santa was not real. Nobody ever said to my face that Santa only lived in malls. Nobody ever said to me that Filipino houses have no chimneys, so how in the world could he get in. Nobody ever said to me that how could a fat, bearded guy who lives in the North Pole travel across the world in one night and still have time to spare to eat those milk and cookies children leave for him.
Well, that to me is still a mystery that i have yet to solve.
I am also sure that many of you also thought that Santa was real. I mean, that just goes to show you how Americanized the Philippines is. We no longer have a connection to our own traditions and beliefs because we have been brainwashed by other culture. BUT I'll just leave the rambling about Americanization of our country to another entry in my blog in the near future.
What I'm trying to say in this entry is that we should focus on the real celebrant on Christmas.
He should be the focus this Christmas. The person who was born to die for our sins. The person who would be the greatest example of selfless love.The person we should all emulate.
The buying of gifts is still important and the food to. But Christmas should be a time of deep reflection, both introspectively and extraneously. We should celebrate but also never forget that we celebrate not because of the food or the gifts but because Our Savior was born and He saved us from our sins.
I hope that we could all reflect this Christmas, including me because like the rest of the world I am a sinner and I have never done serious reflecting on Christmas.
So I start now, How about you?
I would also like to share this article I read
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Too-comfortable-for-Christ_8246275
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