It's been a while since I've posted, but Christmas has been CRAZY, but wonderful! Of course today is the 9th day of Christmas. No matter what the stores are displaying, or what the radio stations play, we are still IN the Christmas season, so keep those decorations up and keep those CDs (or flash drives) spinnin'!
Think about it, Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus' birth as a baby. Who here has been pregnant or been close to someone whose pregnant? Before hand is all of the preparation: showers, making sure the nusery is stocked, you have the diapers and strollers that you need, you have doctor visits to make sure the baby is okay, you have to have plans of how to get to the hospital and what you're going to do, and the list goes on. It's all the getting ready. After the baby is born, there is a period of excitement with people wanting to see and hold the baby, there are gifts, congratulations, cakes celebrating the birth and all kinds of joy and festivities, this is the period when you see all of the "It's a Boy/Girl" and other baby decorations and streamers go up, not before.
The secular seasons (you know... what the stores do) where Christmas starts after Halloween, Valentine cards start to be sold after Christmas and so forth really doesn't make a lot of sense, unless you are trying to milk people out of their money. The liturgical seasons that the Church has set up emulates the real life scenario we looked at above. Advent is the preparation during the 4 weeks before the birth of Christ. We too need to clean the cobwebs out of the nursery before Christ is born in our hearts and so forth, BEFORE the birth of the baby Jesus. Christmas STARTS on Christmas Day not end, and for the weeks following, we celebrate with joy the birth of the baby Jesus. We clammor to hold Jesus in our hearts, we rejoice in his new life within us every year.
Continue to celebrate Christmas for the rest of this week, but remember to spread the joy of Christmas (which is Christ) throughout the ENTIRE year!
Paix du Christ!
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