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Published Friday, December 30, 2011 in Opinion
Holding tight to the spirit of Christmas
As a child, I loved Christmas so much I hated to see it go. I still feel the same way.
For a fleeting moment, we have had Christmas in our grasp, but now we feel it getting away from us.
Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be if we could take the spirit of Christmas with us all year long? That is the spirit of thinking of others instead of yourself, and reliving the truth that it really is "more blessed to give than receive."
As Christmas fades away for another year, I miss also the joy that permeates the earth during the Christmas season with the attitude of friendliness, appreciation and love.
Would it not be great if it could continue?
There would be blessings for all who pledged themselves to hold tight to Christmas.
In the Christmas story, there is a verse of scripture in the second chapter of Luke, the 19th verse concerning Mary, the mother of the Christ Child. The wise men came and returned home, the shepherds departed, but "Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart."
On Christmas night, a father was carrying his small sleeping son in his arms as he went through the house turning off the lights on the tree and wreaths in the windows.
As he tucked him in bed the boy said, "Daddy, don't turn off all the Christmas lights."
True, if we could keep the Christmas spirit of light and love burning every day of every year, it would be a better world.
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