What does Christmas mean to you?

With Christmas just ten days away, what is going through each of our mind? How do we view Christmas? Is it Santa Claus and presents, turkey and party, or is there something more beneath the commercialisation of this festive season?

As Christians we know Christmas means a lot to us because as we commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ born in a manger, we should also remember that He will be coming back again the second time triumphantly.

On the first day when I started using the internet in 1993, I met in IRC a person by the initial JB who was studying political science in Oberlin College, Ohio. The interesting thing about meeting JB was that he and and his three siblings have almost the same name as my three siblings and I.

JB is a Jew and therefore when the subject of Jesus Christ came up during one of our discussions, JB was adamant that the Christ has not appeared yet on this earth. Jews cannot accept the fact that their King had already come in humility for the first time but will return gloriously the second time. They are still looking up to the sky for His appearance for the first time.

May our heart be ready this Christmas to once again welcome the greatest person ever lived on this earth.