And there is John Lennon on the radio, singing:
“So this is Christmas.
And what have you done?
Another year over
and a new one just begun.
And so this is Christmas.
I hope you have fun,
the near and the dear ones,
the old and the young.
A very merry Christmas
and a happy new year.
Let’s hope it’s a good one
without any fear.”
Sounds like a birthday party. Another year over and a new one just begun. Just this word about Christmas is disturbing me. Otherwise we could sing this song at any birthday party. To replace “Christmas” with “your day now” would work out well.
For sure, I´m not the only one who would like to replace “Christmas” with some reality. How many people have ended their formal membership with their religious club? Being Catholic or Protestant or whatever form of Christianity it might be. Are they non-believers now? No more Christmas?
This Christmas Day and those four weeks leading up to Christmas is so hectic, reports on television want you to know. There is no space and no time for sentimentality. What Christmas spirit? Gifts have to be bigger and bigger. Nobody is able to stop this and the majority doesn´t want to stop this. Greed and convenience are still spreading like a siege all over the world. Convenience is so convenient. And greed is a helper to become rich and important. Nobody wants to see, that greed doesn´t give you inner peace and health, greed doesn´t give your soul real long term happiness. Greed only brings some short term material success. Nothing useful on your last days on earth and on your last journey. The best ever gift you won´t carry in your hands.
Does anybody think of the nature of Christmas? Yes, it´s about a birthday. A birthday we celebrate for more than 2000 years now. The birthday of Jesus. No family name mentioned. No pedigree left. I might remember my grandfathers birthday but we don´t celebrate that day any more. Must be an important guy, this Jesus. Year by year a birthday party. Impressive. In some parts of the world Christmas is a happy beach party, in other parts more contemplative. Contemplative for the first hour of that family come-together. Until old wounds on fragile souls cause new injuries. Ten people at a table represent ten different lives with ten various opinions and ten ways of living and ten contrasting experiences and, ok, stop.
By the way, Jesus is not born on Christmas day. After he was born that day became Christmas day. I can´t stand that false US-American sing sang.
We all have in common the years calendar and our longing for some holidays. But why is this Jesus born in December? June or July would be much more convenient. Not too cold at the northern hemisphere, not too hot at the southern part of the globe. That´s bad timing. Those ancient reporters should have considered this beforehand and change the facts a bit. That would be an advantage for society. Didn´t we learn this from successful politicians and big boss managers. That little unimportant re-date would save us from all these songs about white Christmas and reindeers pulling sleighs. There is no snow any more. If politicians and industry want to manipulate our time zones in modern times, would they be so kind and swoop Christmas into summer. Once, it was 12 o´ clock noon when the sun was at the highest point. Now they call it summer time and push forward an hour. So easy. So stupid. So ignorant to nature.
But it would push that Christmas hectic into summer. Do we want that? Hectic, I´m talking about. Buying gifts, bringing home a presentable Christmas tree, chocolate cookies melting in the sun, you know what I´m talking about.
This babble about Christmas time and peace drives me up the wall. Peace on earth is just an illusion. Well, for the next 300 years for sure. Any war around Christmas time might stop for a few hours. Soldiers might shake hands on the battlefield. The following day they have to kill each other by order. Both sides pray to God and ask for support. The clergy on both sides is biased and loyal to their government, not to God. How scary is that. Does God finally elect the winner?
The death of Jesus and his resurrection is an essential part of Christian belief. What about peace on earth then? What about happy Easter songs on the radio? Rock, Pop, Jazz, is there any Easter related hit climbing the charts? No Black Week? No consumer frenzy? No complaints from retailers about bad business? Those three wise men bringing gifts put an awful twist to Christmas. Granted, they didn´t expect such a horrible ending for Jesus.
So what is Christmas all about? What does it mean to you?
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