It will be Christmas in less than 5 hours. Cellphones will be flooded with various Christmas greetings. Dining tables will be filled with food for Noche Buena. The sky will be adorned with colorful fireworks. Christmas carols will be heard all over the place, be it from stereos or from kids on your doorsteps. This is pretty much the typical scenario before, during, and after Christmas.
But what is Christmas really all about?
If I remember correctly, Christmas is the birth of Jesus. So technically, we should be celebrating for His birth.
In the past years, I've heard people celebrate Christmas, not for Jesus, but for themselves. To them, Christmas is the time to get all those gifts they've wished for. It's the time for hunting down ninongs and ninangs for aguinaldo. There's a whole lot of me-talk going on that people tend to forget the real reason for this celebration.
If you're guilty of this, you might as well make up for it. Go to the Midnight Mass tonight. Repent for your sins. Give thanks for being able to celebrate another Christmas. And if you can, give to those who aren't as lucky as you are. That way, you can also give the Lord up there.
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