Christmas is a powerful time of year. More people commit suicide during this time, wars have stopped for Christmas day, people forgive and lose the chip on their shoulder sometimes. Why? I don't personally care if everyone is talking about Santa and his reindeer. People like to hear Church bells on Christmas eve. Oh sure! There are a few out there that are so cranky about it that they hate anything that has to do with it. But why? Why does it have the power to affect people so? Ramadan does not bother me at all, and neither do lots of other holidays that are for people of other religions.
It is said that Christ wasn't even born in December and I think that is accurate. Not knowing the actual day of His birth we humans cannot even take a day in our calender and say it is more holy than others because of what happened upon it. So where does this power come from? How are we affected so greatly by it? It can't be the shopping frenzy because in WW II those soldiers hadn't seen a store or Christmas tree. Is it perhaps because "...there is no other name under Heaven given by which we must be saved" (ACTS 4:12)?
We are celebrating the most powerful, and loving being in the universe. On a day that is perhaps no more different than any other except that we are choosing to think on our Savior's sacrifice of coming to earth for us and internalize His act and His person? What would happen if we choose to do that on a more regular basis?
