Monday, December 06, 2004
St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas's feast day is today. St.Nicholas is NOT Santa Claus. St. Nicholas was the bishop of Myra in Lycia. He performed many great deeds, but he isn't Santa Claus. Santa Claus lives in the North Pole and comes on the 24 th of December every year, and brings presents to good girls and boys. St. Nicholas is said to come on the 6th of December (his feastday) and fills the stockings that were put out the night before. Read more about him at http://www.catholicculture.org/.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Advent
Christmas. A time of gifts, Santa, and of course new toys. Right?
I'm not saying this is wrong, but I personally think that there isn't enough "Christ" left in Christmas. People seem to be skipping advent! For Pete's sake, have you seen the lights out already! People are putting out their Christmas lights in November! On person put theirs up on Oct. 1st!
Why is this a big deal?
Advent is a) a time of waiting and b) the 2nd most important part of te luturgical year, seconded only by Easter. Advent means a time of waiting. Some people entirely forget to prepare them selves for the coming season. Instead they put up their Christmas lights, and totally skip Advent! That's just plain wrong. And Christmas seems to be more about Santa and Gifts, instead of Christ and his birth. I am putting up my tree this weekend, but I'm not going to really pay attention to it uuntil Christmas. I might think about it, look at the lights, but I am not, I repeat am NOT skipping Advent. This is mostly my personal opinion, not all fact. But, hey, what are blogs for?
I'm not saying this is wrong, but I personally think that there isn't enough "Christ" left in Christmas. People seem to be skipping advent! For Pete's sake, have you seen the lights out already! People are putting out their Christmas lights in November! On person put theirs up on Oct. 1st!
Why is this a big deal?
Advent is a) a time of waiting and b) the 2nd most important part of te luturgical year, seconded only by Easter. Advent means a time of waiting. Some people entirely forget to prepare them selves for the coming season. Instead they put up their Christmas lights, and totally skip Advent! That's just plain wrong. And Christmas seems to be more about Santa and Gifts, instead of Christ and his birth. I am putting up my tree this weekend, but I'm not going to really pay attention to it uuntil Christmas. I might think about it, look at the lights, but I am not, I repeat am NOT skipping Advent. This is mostly my personal opinion, not all fact. But, hey, what are blogs for?
