Significance of Christmas – Dan Rabadi

The significance of Christmas is known to all over the world and though it is true that Christmas is celebrated as the day of the birth of Jesus Christ into this world yet it also symbolizes a very deeply significant truth of the spiritual life. Jesus Christ is the very representation of divinity and he was born at a time when ignorance, superstition, greed, hatred and hypocrisy prevailed upon the land as well as purity was forgotten and morality was neglected.  In the midst of these surroundings, Christ was born and he worked a transformation in the lives of people and he gave a new and a spiritual turn to the lives of man.

There came a difference upon the land and people started upon a new way of life and thus a new era dawned for the world. In that period the seeker has no thought of god or higher spiritual life and he lives a life of lust, anger, greed, deluded attachment, pride and jealousy and if the seeker must enter into a new life of spiritual aspiration, purity as well as devotion then the Christ spirit must take its birth within his heart. That is the real Christmas when the divine element starts to express itself in the heart of the man and from then onward, light begins to shine where blackness was before. A very small but very beautiful, point of deep significance is attached to Christmas and it is the time and the manner of the birth of the lord upon the holy Christmas day.

Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a Felling. |Dan Rabadi

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

 

History of Christmas Day

Christmas is an annual festival which marks the birth of Jesus Christ observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious as well as a cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. Many popular customs which are associated with Christmas are developed independently of the commemoration of Jesus birth with certain elements having origins in festivals which were celebrated around the winter solstice by pagan populations who were later converted to Christianity. Christmas Day is celebrated as one of the major festival and public holiday in countries around the world which includes many whose populations are mostly non-Christian and among countries with a strong Christian tradition, a variety of Christmas celebrations have developed which incorporate regional and local cultures.

The traditional colors of Christmas decorations are red, green and gold where red symbolizes the blood of Jesus which was shed in his crucifixion while green symbolizes eternal life as well as the evergreen tree which does not lose its leaves in the winter and gold is the first color associated with Christmas as one of the three gifts of the Magi symbolizing royalty. Some traditional decorating items include bells, candles, candy canes, stockings, wreaths, angels, etc and both the displaying of wreaths as well as candles in each window are a more traditional Christmas display. The songs known specifically as carols were originally communal folk songs sung during the celebrations like harvest tide as well as Christmas and it was only later that carols began to be sung in church.