Christ himself would probably not approve of our Christmas

Now that the Christmas season is approaching, many people will find a lot of the mundane things of life affected by the upcoming celebration.

Even simple medical or dental appointments get conveniently shelved until ‘after Christmas’, as the staff, management or company try to grapple with the almost compulsory celebration of Christmas, or the ‘Mass of Christ’.

Isn’t it getting just a little inconvenient? What once was a one-day holiday (December 25th) has morphed into what now is manufactured to appear like a glittering ‘magical’ festive experience, or ‘Yule’ — named, ironically, after a pagan god called ‘Yul’ or ‘Jul,’ and which lasts for weeks.

Whilst the predominant organisation of the Church, mainly in the West, promoted the attendance on December 25 for ‘Christ’s Mass’, it has now grown more akin to its former secular or ‘pagan’ origin with most people celebrating it rather than allow anything to do with reverence for Jesus Christ.

The question is, would Jesus himself approve of this now decadent overspending and merrymaking each year, that results more in paying rather than praying?

We shouldn’t be pressured into anything by man’s opinion or tradition alone, but follow only what Jesus asked us to do, to share the Gospel, (all year round), which is a lot simpler, humbler and a good bit less expensive.

Colin Nevin

Rathgill Park

Bangor

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