Christmas is fantastic ...

Tuesday, Dec 21, 2010. I like Christmas. It is just a fantastic time, a fantastic celebration. It is true, the time before Christmas might be a little hectic. November and then December are quite busy month all over the world. But Christmas is just great …

Christmas is fantastic …

Christmas is fantastic, because it is a wonderful celebration of light in the darkness. People all over the world use chains of lights to celebrate this time - at least in the northern hemisphere. Lights are everywhere, on our Christmas markets, in shopping centers and you will find them in many windows along the road …

Christmas is fantastic, because here we take some days off to be with the family and with friends. The time between the years is a time to relax, to pause, to do different things. If Christmas would not be there, we should invent Christmas. But we are lucky, it has already been invented and we all take part in it … Christians and Non-Christians … all have time to celebrate.

Christmas is a party where we think about others as well. Usually, we all are more open to given during Christmas time. That is just fantastic. It is good to give. It is good to provide to others what they need, to take them really serious and then act.

Magic of Christmas …

There is some magic behind Christmas. The driving force for this big party is not just the candle in the darkness, it is not just the free time, it is not just the thought of others. There is a deeper magic behind Christmas.

Christmas is God's love letter to us humans. It is Jesus, the Christ, who has been the origin of Christmas and who is the center of the party. It is his birthday party. The power of his life is behind Christmas. The power of God's presence is the deeper magic, the deeper truth, which is driving it all …!

Christmas is a magic festival. It is the festival of God's love. It is the festival of Jesus. When we all go and do things we like, we are part of the stream of joy, which started with the birth of Jesus. Christmas is the festival of the joy, which he came to bring to us. We can grasp a little bit of this joy at Christmas time, in the lights as well as in the free time, in friendship and in the presence of the holy God around us. Christmas is fantastic! ... more texts