I Think I Lost My Christmas Spirit... Now What?

Sooo... you think you lost your Christmas Spirit... what do you do now? Well if you are like me you open up Google and find out how to get it back! First you will notice an eHow article explaining how to get it back... some of those suggestions are actually good.

Perhaps the Christmas Spirit can only be found in the heart of a young child, you think... so to find out I asked my son Josh to tell me, how to get the Christmas Spirit back if you have lost it... here is what he said:

"Well... put up a Christmas Tree, and put a big snowflake at the top with star lights on there... put God into your heart, that will get you the spirit."

I think maybe Josh nailed it, but you still may not have the Christmas Spirit back... so you have wisely come here. Let's get to work fixing you...

The first thing we want to ponder is: what IS the "Christmas Spirit?" To find that out we have to go back to the beginning and remember what Christmas IS. 

First, let’s start with the word Christmas:  from Old English Crstes mæsse, Christ's festival. Literally it was a feast to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is not some random holiday to celebrate a fat man in a red suite... It was, "Christ' Festival." So to revive the "Spirit of Christmas" we must return to the original meaning of Christmas - a festival in Jesus' honor. 

Now we know what Christmas IS...and that's a lot different from how we celebrate it today. What is the Christmas Spirit? Well if you go back to Google you find this ridiculous article that tells us it was how people thought and acted in the 50's and 60's... HA! What a laugh!

No... the Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of Christ. When we say we want to get the Christmas Spirit, we are saying that we want to get more of the Spirit of Christ. So, how do we do that?

I'm glad you asked! Josh once again, gives us this sage advice: 

"You pray to God, that is the first thing I know, and you just believe in Him and you will get all that stuff that you need with the Christmas Spirit."

Man my boys are smart... not to brag, but... DANG!

Here is my advice: 

#1 Rekindle your quite time with Jesus... start by reading the Bible, book of John if you don't know where to start - there you will get to know this Jesus and you will find out why he deserves his own special feast day! 

#2 Once you begin to know about Jesus and what He has done for you... how He has loved you and given so much to you, you'll want to do the same for others. So do it! Show some love this Christmas season. As you do, you will be filled anew with the Spirit of Christ and the Christmas Spirit will mean more to you than it ever has before.

Merry Christmas,

Pastor Willy