Essence of Christmas

Everyone should feel Christmas as a special day wherein they should celebrate it with their loved ones. But there is something that I always ask to myself: does everyone feel Christmas as a special day? Or do they celebrate it with their loved ones?

Houses filled with magnificent Christmas lights, full of wonderful Christmas decorations, tables with delicious foods that would full the tummies of everyone. But most especially the heart that is filled with joy and love, and the soul that feels the spirit of Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas.

But not only that, Christmas is the time where a family tries to be whole and complete. Why did I say so? Because we, Filipinos, believe that Christmas is not complete if one of the members of our family is not with us to celebrate it. But some, unfortunately, cannot celebrate it with their families because they are too far, a good example are the OFW’s. However, thanks to technology because it’s one way of connecting people far from each other.

I also wonder if there are those who treat Christmas as an ordinary day, there are those people who never experience celebrating it with many foods in their tables, with their houses with decorations, but they still manage to be happy with those things that they have and things that they don’t have.

So I believe that Christmas should be felt by our hearts and souls.