Redeeming Christimas

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tdrew777

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How do you bring Christ into Christmas? How have you done it yourself, how did your parents do it and/or how have you seen others do it?

This thread is NOT FOR THOSE who believe that Christ can not be brought into Christmas. Please, start your own thread to have a forum to express that view.

How IS Christ expressed in Christmas celebrations? Positive examples would be very useful to me and edifying for the church of God.
 
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tdrew777

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My father died suddenly and left my mother with five children, the oldest was eight and I, the youngest, 15 months. She worked at a Country Club, and always was in the office for half a day on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve morning, the children would string cranberries and popcorn for the tree and practice Christmas carols. After lunch, when Mom was home, we continued our songs as we put up and decorated the tree. Dinner was always quick and thrown together - it HAD to be tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches (Christmas lunch was always the "Christmas Meal"). After dinner, we would go caroling around the neighborhood as a family. Those Christmas songs worked their way into my spirit and the words came back to me at the most opportune times. My new birth experience (I was born again at 20 years of age) smells of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
 
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DecentGuy

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tdrew777 said:
How do you bring Christ into Christmas? How have you done it yourself, how did your parents do it and/or how have you seen others do it?

This thread is NOT FOR THOSE who believe that Christ can not be brought into Christmas. Please, start your own thread to have a forum to express that view.

How IS Christ expressed in Christmas celebrations? Positive examples would be very useful to me and edifying for the church of God.
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Back in the day when I dated french-Canadian ladies.. midnight mass was our offering and thanks

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Ariel82

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I have always love the Christmas plays that retell the story of Jesus birth and all the songs that praise God and Jesus that come out during Christmas time.

one of my favorite is "we three kings" even though the Bible does not say there were just three of them. I still like the song.
 
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tdrew777

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DecentGuy said:
Back in the day when I dated french-Canadian ladies.. midnight mass was our offering and thanks

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After the caroling, my family would also go to midnight mass. Can't say I saw Christ there - I never made it through awake. Good memories, though!
 
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tdrew777 said:
How do you bring Christ into Christmas? How have you done it yourself, how did your parents do it and/or how have you seen others do it?
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For myself Christmas is a secular celebration without religious connotations. It was the same in my childhood, which is interesting in that both my parents would consider themselves Christian. Religiosity, if it was expressed at all, appeared only in the playing of Christmas carols, which I still play religiously during the lead up to Christmas. I suppose we did attend church, but I don't recall that it was anything out of the ordinary.

Do we all recognize that no one really knows when Jesus was born? December 25th was adopted by the Catholic church because the public was already celebrating Sol Invictus (the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun) on that date? I am sure this has been discussed previously. I am not trying to start a discussion. Just asking the question.
 
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tdrew777

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Yes, there are those who claim that Christmas is a pagan holiday. That is why I asked for testimonies about how Jesus shows up at Christmas celebrations. Thought it would be a slam dunk.

Starting to hear the slam dunk at the wrong basket.

Anybody see Jesus anywhere?
 
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