What is the reason for the season? That depends on what our priorities are. The name of the Christmas season indicates to some the mass of Christ, however the season and its name were not always focused on Christ, but a variety of other pursuits including certain pagan customs. Today, there are two extremes of Christmas, that observed by non-Christians and the celebration of Christ's birth. The one is a materialistic and commercialized Christmas focusing on spending money, decorations and fictitious stories. The other is a spiritual Christmas which focuses on simplicity, truth and Christ. To be honest, most of us are probably somewhere in both camps. We have a foot in the commercial hype which plays on our emotions, and perhaps we pay a token tribute to the so-called reason for the season. Perhaps the choice voiced by Matthew 6:24 also applies to Christmas. Can we serve two masters?
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