Yesterday was the First Advent. We lit one candle, ate some
‘Stollen’ and drank Egg Nogg, according to tradition.
I don’t know how many people still celebrate Advent; there
are four of them and after them comes Christmas. It is a Christian thing and
should not be forgotten in this climate of being ‘Politically Correct’ and
pleasing all the minorities. Perhaps now more than ever we have to make sure to
keep ‘Christmas’ alive, before it gets swept away among all those changes that
are happening to appease non-Christians.
I am not exactly a religious fanatic. I don’t belong to any
church, even though I was born and raised in a Christian family. However, I
still celebrate the Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter. They are
important, even though they are used as reasons to sell all kinds of
merchandise that have nothing to do with Christmas. One good thing, they still
play Christmas songs on the radios. In fact, I hear them more now than in past
years. That is a good thing.
Christmas is all about ‘Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Man’,
and that is something we need right now. All these conflicts in the Middle East, the turmoil in the African countries and the
terror that seems to paralyze travel and threaten many activities all over the
globe need some positive thoughts and celebrations. You don’t need to be a
Christian to believe in these values; you just need to be a human being who
loves and accepts his/her fellow human instead of being consumed by hatred that
is unfounded but fuelled by a wrong theology, one that is rigid and intolerant
of others of different beliefs.
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