Wide Eyed Christmas Fun

What have adults done to Christmas? We have done it a great dis-service by making it so commercial that we miss the whole point of the season. There is much rushing around, preparing our home for dinner guests, cleaning, shopping- sometimes at the last minute, and even trying to fit in that all important Christmas Carol Service, where we try to get into the spirit of the season, but all the while are worried that the turkey might be burning!

On the other hand, what about the children? Not a care in the world, except that they might dare to believe they will get the present they wish for. They are too young to be 'commercialised' or brainwashed by TV to believe that Christmas cannot be enjoyed unless they have 'everything to make themselves look good'. They know they look good anyway, and they are right. Take a look into the eyes of a child and see the fun and love, yes love, of the season. Our children today are innocent to the trappings of 'our adult' Christmas for a while, and we should enjoy it with them. They are the link to the original child of Christmas, who was born in a lowly stable of loving parents who had nothing much to give, except love, and they lavished their love on this, their baby, loaned to this world for such a short time. In that short time, this baby changed the course of the world's history, and we should be thankful.

Our children today, have the same wide eyed and loving view of the world. Who knows, some of our children might also make a difference to our world. We owe it to them, and our world, to allow these young lives to stay children for as long as they can, and as long as we can let them. They will end up like us all too soon, caught up in the trappings of our man made commercialised Christmas season.

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