What Does Christmas Really Mean To Me?

Sorry for the late post! I still had to search for my MOSAIC. Oh well, here goes my article about the true meaning of Christmas:

WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS REALLY MEAN TO ME?

Christmas has always been an exciting time. Busy people buzz about in malls to buy stuffs that they'd love to give their family and friends. Houses, buildings, and other structures are decorated with lights and other Christmas paraphernelia. Families in their houses prepare food for their Noche Buena while the kids wait and wish under the Christmas trees for the gifts they might recieve. All these remind us of the Christmas season and the fun time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

These happen to be Christmas for us, but if we take time to look admist all the material wishes and focus on happenings around us, we see many people who are so poor that they can't afford to buy food for the Christmas feast. Children, with no one to keep them warm, love them, and shelter them, are on the streets during the cold month of December. There are children who have broken families or who have endured pain because of abuse. Will they be celebrating a blue Christmas?

A good Christmas for me is not just a matter of receiving but of giving as well. Those poor children may not have anyone to love them, but we can show them that we care. A song goes, "Even the man who has everything, would be so happy if you would bring him love on Christmas day". So the real essence of Christmas is giving and showing love and care to our unfortunate brothers and sisters across the globe. Christmas is about unity, love, and understanding. These are gifts that no material things can replace. Make this world a better place the way our Lord wants us to do.

So that's my article in the MOSAIC...pretty long but at least I got to experience writing there. Blog, if you were a person, what can you say about my article?

Yours,
Pauleen