The purpose of Christmas

[netie54]

Sometimes I think we forget what we as Christians are all celebrations. It has become so commercial and selfish. It’s all about us but the birth of Christ. Hence Christmas.

[IndigoBlue61]

Maybe it has become less a Christian festival and more a Mid-Winter celebration. As I was saying earlier, we should all feel able to celebrate exactly as we wish, big family gathering or a quieter affair if that’s what we wish. I share your despair about the amount of waste, plastic and food in particular, as a result of over commercialisation. But I really love Christmas in spite of all that 😊🎄🎁🎅🏻🎶🍾⭐️

[sunny369 Restart Dec 2023 in reply to IndigoBlue61]

I was watching a film clip of a Japanese lady wrapping a present beautifully in a square of fabric and I thought to myself, I wish I could do that, and save all this wrapping paper waste. Quite a lot of it isn't even really recyclable. I might give the fabric wrapping a go next year, but I have a suspicion that, unlike the skillful Japanese lady, mine might look a bit of a bundle!!!

[Doing4me in reply to sunny369]

Brilliant idea about material wrap

[MIgnonne Restart Sept 2023]

Thank you for this salutary reminder. We've got to share the "goodwill" through 2020. Every Blessing!