It's Christmas Time and Boy, Do I Love It!

I love Christmas Time, and I ain't afraid to admit it!

I generally don't go for cheesy music, but come Christmas Time, well, let's cheese it up! I have a nice big collection of around 100 hundred Christmas songs from Hark, The Herald Angels Sing to Let It Snow to Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

And I love watching Christmas movies in around this time too, such as Elf, which I watched tonight! I also traditionally watch A Muppet Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve and The Snowman on Christmas Day!

Also, I really enjoy buying gifts for people! I like walking around the shops when there's lots of people about, looking at all the different things, and finding something where I go, "Aw flip, so-and-so would LOVE this!" Then giving it to the person as well! It's great! And, of course, getting gifts ain't too bad either!

Here in Chemnitz I also get to enjoy one of those loveliest of things from another culture, the German Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market)! Walking around with a live choir or band on stage and all the different stalls full of prezzies and food, it's just lovely!

Plus, taking part in Nativity plays is great fun too! Ya get to have a laugh with the other actors beforehand and then do in front of lots of people, who generally enjoy it! Plus it's a great way to remember what Christmas is all about! Jesus' birth can get swept under the rug so easily with all the other things going on at Christmas time, it's not hard. All these things I've listed here contribute to that as well, but the Nativity play's there to remind us of the first Christmas, and the many rehearsals for those taking part just help to be a constant reminder!

Jesus came to bring Gods love to the world, to show that God is for all people, be they Kings or Shepherds, and to save us our sins! That's what Christmas was all about, from the very beginning, and today still! And that is such a blessing, I think it's just fine to celebrate it!

But watching Elf tonight reminded me of another thing that Jesus' birth has brought us, though more as a side-effect, to be honest. It is something the world has made out of Christmas, but something good! I watched Elf with Maria & Judit, Maria's boyfriend and good friend of mine Friedi and Maria's friend Nicole, Philip and Nathalie who live in our house, and Steffi who lives across the way. And it was this fellowship that made the evening great! Elf's a very good film with a lovely sentiment, but had I been alone it just wouldn't have been the same! And that's what the world has made out of Christmas! A celebration of Jesus' birth, yes, but a celebration to be shared with family and friends! And that is lovely! I am blessed with a wonderful set of family and friends! And I really enjoy spending time with them!

That's what Christmas is for me: The celebration of the coming of our saviour, and having said celebration with those you love!

You can disagree, if you like, this is just what I think! But let's share the love this Christmas! Let's enjoy the lovely time with each other! Let's remind those we love just how much we love them! Just like God showed us how much He loves us all those years ago in that little stable!

Love to you all and wishing you a wonderful Christmas Time, your Christmassy Ginge!