WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS IS MORE THAN THE DECORATING OF OUR HOUSE AND THE BUYING OF GIFTS FOR THOSE WE LOVE.I AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT IS WHAT IT`S ABOUT. SURE WE ALL ENJOY THOSE ASPECTS BUT WHY ARE WE ALL CELEBRATING IN THE FIRST PLACE....WHY DO WE CELEBRATE SOMEONES BIRTHDAY WITH GIFTS AND CAKE......BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT THEY WERE BORN AND WE ARE GLAD THEY ARE HERE...THAT DAY WOULDN`T MEAN ANYTHING IF THAT MEANING WASN`T BEHIND THE CAKE AND GIFTS.
GOD SENT HIS SON TO BE BORN IN A MANGER FOR US! WHY....TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS AND PROVIDE A WAY FOR US TO GO TO HEAVEN! IT ISN`T POSSIBLE TO GO TO HEAVEN EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR.
SO CHRIST IS THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS...A DAY SET ASIDE TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTH...THE CAROL SINGS....
RING THE BELLS! RING THE BELLS!
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM MANY YEARS AGO
BORN TO DIE THAT MAN MIGHT LIVE,
CAME TO EARTH NEW LIFE TO GIVE,
BORN OF MARY, BORN SO LOW, MANY YEARS AGO.
GOD THE FATHER GAVE HID SON, GAVE HIS OWN BELOVED ONE
TO THIS WICKED, SINFUL EARTH TO BRING MANKIND HIS LOVE, NEW BIRTH:
RING THE BELLS! RING THE BELLS!
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW CHRIST THE SAVIOUR LIVES TODAY AS HE DID SO LONG AGO!

JOHN 3:16 IS CHRISTMAS
`FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD (YOU AND I) THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,(JESUS) THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH ,(SPEND ETERNITY IN HELL) BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.(HEAVEN)``

THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT!