Monday, December 2, 2019

GLENDA Good Morning: Are you getting into the Christmas spirit, yet? Stores have lined their aisles with Christmas goodies and decorations. TV shows have switched to the theme of giving and love, and Santas are floating about. The first Christmas seemed to do without all of these. The very first Christmas started a frenzy without TV, without candy canes, without Santa, and without Christmas sales. Even more amazingly, the first Christmas involved a poor couple (nobodies, really), who would lay the most precious child of all in a manger. His name was Jesus and He was God's gift—not to the deserving, not to the Jews alone, but to everyone. That means you and me! Don't let the commercialization of Christmas fool you. The one and only reason, the undeniable reason, the absolute reason, we have this holiday at all is because of the birth of a child called Jesus Christ. That's why it's called Christmas. It is not a winter break. It is not a seasonal vacation. It is Christmas, the birthday of a King. Merry Christmas, everyone!