The True Meaning of Christmas

It's about this time of the year that churches get their knickers in a twist about the true meaning of Christmas. We are reminded that we are celebrating the birth of Christ and that all the tinsel and tat and over-commercialisation is obscuring what it's really all about. This sermon will be delivered by a preacher in front of a Christmas tree and possibly surrounded by small children dressed in vague approximations of middle eastern costume.

Sadly, as far as I am concerned, the church has this 180 degrees out of phase.

The true meaning of Christmas is not about baby Jesus, it's about parties, presents and celebration. In fact most people have got Christmas just about right when it comes down to it. It's the church, which hijacked a pagan festival, developed its own white lies around the festival and has to repaint it each year in an attempt to keep the facade up that has got it wrong. Even "Bible-Believing" churches can happily stand on their heads for the festive season; pointing out even simple falsehoods wins no prizes as a myriad of excuses for continuing the tradition come to the fore.