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... Like the story of Christmas, it had very humble beginnings. ... Father of nine children, he was doing his best to put some money aside for Christmas. ... To make a long story short, when the nine Kilroy children awoke on Christmas morning, they saw an orange trolleycar amid the snow. ... "
Indeed, children the world over this Christmas morning will excitedly say the same thing. However, like the Kilroy story, many of us will simply go with the flow and overlook the real reason for Christmas. ...
On Christmas morning we become like the children themselves as bleary eyed at ten minutes to six, we are dragged out of bed to see if Santa came. ... In fact, on Christmas morning it can be very difficult to pull ourselves away from under the Christmas tree especially with snow on the ground outside! We will have sent Christmas cards saying "Merry Xmas", oblivious to the fact that a single X replaces the name of Christ, simply pushing him aside. The real meaning of why we celebrate Christmas is slowly being lost thanks to the power of money and our desire to be part of the Status Quo. In reality, many of us celebrate Christmas because everyone else is doing it and not because it marks the birth of Jesus.
The modern Christmas is very different to the one I knew as a boy growing up in the countryside. ...
Back then Christmas was about the birth of Jesus.
Approximate Word count = 1192
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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