There is the danger of the darkness, which contains the unknown, the uncomfortable, the marginalized. And there is the danger that, in focusing on the light, we forget the darkness, and all it has to offer and to teach us.
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Advent is the season in which believers recognize and connect to the ancient longing of those who hoped for a promise to be born in the form of a baby in a manger, while simultaneously remembering that we are still waiting for him to come again.
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As “Midnight Christians,” we are living at the threshold knowing that although we are still in darkness, the light has already erupted in our hearts.
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It would be dangerous to claim that Christmas is for our own warm and fuzzy feelings. It would be dangerous to claim that Christmas is about more stuff. It would be dangerous to claim that Christmas is only about your family. And it would be dangerous to claim that Christmas is a picturesque realm of “normal”.
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For God to take on human flesh, and to come into the world as an infant with parents who would raise and teach him, I wonder what the little things were that Mary and Joseph experienced. I wonder what the little milestones were in Jesus' life that cause His parents to stop and take it in.
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The problem comes when the "regulars" get their panties in a twist because there are fewer parking spaces, few seats, and more people to navigate around.
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Gift-giving was also a part of the Roman holiday Saturnalia. During the middle ages gift-giving was practiced as part of the Christmas season also. Although, in many cases the gift-giving during the Middle Ages was between those engaged in legal relationships. This was primarily limited to the tenant/landowner relationships
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Shoulder pads, festive scenes created out from felt and sequins, and the possibility of lights... who doesn't love a Christmas sweater?
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