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Christis Thinker

What relevance has Christmas in today’s society?

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Just one present between so many people doesn’t sound very good in today’s terms, until you take a closer look at the present. It’s quality, not quantity, that counts!
Society’s Christmas is merely a day in December preventing a jump from the 24th to the 26th.
I think the retail industry must find it relevant...
A time to eat, drink, and be merry with little spiritual significance.
For Christians, it’s a celebration of the birth of our saviour, and a reminder of our duty of solidarity and generosity to those excluded and oppressed by the wider social conception of Christmas which is little more than a celebration of indulgence, family, and excess in food and alcohol.
It makes a lot of people who are already rich even richer.
It assumes little relevance and that is the important point to address. Let’s evangelise by singing over-played commercialised carols now.
It’s the one time in the year when people are willing to go to Church and might actually be open to the gospel. Let’s make the most of it!

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Last modified: 25th November 2005