Parents struggle to provide each and every child with everything on their wish list, name brand clothes and the latest and greatest cell phones and electronics. What do you need more of in life…angels or bows? You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. Long ago and far away, in a simpler time – Christmas was truly magical. And you stress, max out your credit cards and give in. And not with that guy in red, good old Santa Claus. No one should be left wondering what happened to Christmas? What made it go the way it’s gone. It wasn’t about Black Friday sales, it didn’t send families into bankruptcy, and children enjoyed the simple act of finding a tree, cutting it down themselves, and decorating it with handmade popcorn laces and tinsel. Articles written by staff are typically freelancers, people knowledgeable in their fields. Keep the radio tuned to the Christmas music channel for the entire month. Find a pine tree and make a wreath for your door, hang a cinnamon broom with the same hopefulness that it will ward of evil spirits and keep your heart clean. O Lord, there’s an agenda to snuff out Your Light, In many places the song are not allowed. What’s happened to Christmas? As a physician, I have seen tens of thousands of people who have become sick due to the loss of meaning in their lives. And lost through it all is the down-home feel of a fire burning in your heart and hearth on Christmas morning. Get your life in line with Christ! You are to blame for continuing and perpetuating the tradition of a commercialized Christmas that beholds very little life, love and Spirit of the season. Not one nativity you’ll see on public lawns. If you have children of your own, you realize that you give so much throughout the entire year – that making Christmas extra special requires more, more, and more than you actually have. and one day take up a cross and die for all their sins. Many people agree that Christmas has become commercialized. Many only consider Christ a great teacher of His time. All so children could wake up on Christmas morning to a special gift, a warm fire, and something that truly exemplified the gratitude and selflessness that is Christmas. Many courts gag their mouths, And we are replacing angels at the top of the tree with bows. Stay true to your feelings, use your intuition as a guide and commit to bringing back the simplicity of the season for you and your family. No part of So no more whining and complaining, You think of your Christmas’s past and you vow to hold on to traditions. Many disregard that O so Holy night. Blaring commercials and counting shopping days, Christmas Eve was painted with eager children awaiting Santa, kids who weren’t afraid to go door-to-door caroling and parents who prepared home made food for days, waiting on family to join them in the blessing of a meal together. @2018 - Professor's House. And you are passing it on to your children and accepting it as a tradition of your own by continuing. “Don’t you dare display your Christmas get it out of this Go to church, even if you don’t go any other day of the year – just to hear the music, be around others, and show that the true meaning still exists within your heart. The hearts of men You love so. How different is our time, To hear the Christmas story causes some to whine; Each year large businesses sell millions of dollars in pre-lit fake trees that smell like plastic instead of pine. But you are to blame for continuing – despite the unsettling and stressed out feelings that clog your heart for weeks ahead of time. So what’s happened to Christmas? These same families went to church, for midnight mass and Christmas morning services rather than embarking on credit card paid ski trips to fancy resorts around the globe. We deep-fry our turkeys and waste more on one meal for this day than on practically any other throughout the year. But in many hearts His Light shines! Think back to your childhood Christmas trees. Get Christ out of Christmas, if you please! Consider the Christmas tree. what’s happened to Christmas? Buy everything with cash. Each year it’s more intense, many seek to make Federal case: and they boldly tell the story of Jesus and how He came to be, The taller the nicer. And most importantly, how can we get back to our grass roots Christmas, experienced by so many so long ago? Have changed the theme of Christmas, You can show your children how to be grateful, appreciative and to have the heart of a true giver – by giving to others as well. Where are the carolers that sing the songs? Even though you complain about how ungrateful your children are, how you really cannot afford the vast array of gifts that you bestow on everyone you know and despise the stress and busy-ness of the season, each and every year you do the same thing. You make a vow that next year will be different, yet it isn’t. Except for that it becomes either more expensive or busier depending on the aspects of your family. You look for trees that ‘look real’ but that aren’t. However, you can get back to the basics of the holiday. So you buy and buy some more. or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or So To hear the Christmas story causes some to whine; Yet Christmas has got to be somewhere in all the trips to the mall and all the lost parking spaces. It wasn’t about Ipods, gift cards, impressing every acquaintance with a gift card or adolescent wish lists that were a mile long. Christmas is definitely magically and there is plenty left to love about the holiday. We eat cranberry sauce from a can. Learn how your comment data is processed. Stay true to your feelings, use your intuition as a guide and commit to bringing back the simplicity of the season for you and your family. The attitude instead we see, Meals come prepackaged and are heat and eat. Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos.