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What does Christmas mean to you?
What’s interesting is the etymology of the word Christmas. It literally means Christian Mass. It’s a shortened form of Christ’s Mass. Christmas is a time of spiritual reflection on the important foundations of the Christian faith.
What is the deeper meaning of Christmas?
This post on the Deeper Meaning of Christmas focuses on the birth of the true Prince of Peace and the significance of all the elements of the Christmas story including the manger , ox, ass and the swaddling clothes.
What does Christmas mean to Peter Kreeft?
Kreeft, Peter. The Meaning of Christmas: Look Deeper. National Catholic Register (December 1986). Republished by permission of the author. Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College.
Why do we celebrate Christmas?
We inherited our sinful nature from the first human beings God created, Adam and Eve. While being fully God and yet fully man, Jesus came into the world as an infant to save us all. Most Christmas traditions vary in significance and symbolic meaning. For example, we exchange gifts because God sent us the most precious gift: his only Son.
Does Christmas have any meaning anymore?
The humble birth of Jesus Christ was never intended to conceal the reality that God was being born into the world. But the modern world’s version of Christmas does just that. And consequently for the greater part of humanity, Christmas has no legitimate meaning at all.
What is the Christmas Story in the Bible?
The Christmas Story in the Bible . The Christmas story is recorded in Luke 2:4-19. “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
What does YOMYOMF stand for?
YOMYOMF, whose name is an acronym for “You Offend ME, You Offend My FAMILY,” is a YouTube channel aggregating talent from various performers. Even though the YOMYOMF Network is an Asian American pop culture channel, the channel is intended to showcase quality programming, regardless of the race of the contributors.
What is the significance of Christmas in the Bible?
We inherited our sinful nature from the first human beings God created, Adam and Eve. While being fully God and yet fully man, Jesus came into the world as an infant to save us all. Most Christmas traditions vary in significance and symbolic meaning.
What are your Christmas traditions?
Most of all, though, our Christmas tradition is that Christmas is a time of family. Without family Christmas would be a pale shadow of what it is. There have been years when our extended family was not available to share with, leaving just the two of us, and it just wasn’t the same. Christmas means family to us.