Christmas Traditions: Should We Follow Them?

How can you know when it is Christmas? Very simple! When traffic jams become almost like a daily affair, when you see signs and replicas of Santa Claus all around your city, when you see strings of Christmas lights decorated around the houses of your neighborhood, when you start receiving Christmas gifts and cards out of the blue, and more importantly, when your kids start pestering you for Christmas toys and candies, then you know that Christmas has finally arrived!

Is that what Christmas is all about?

No, far from it, the special thing that makes us wait for Christmas eagerly is the lovely spirit of the season as well as its traditions. Even with so much commercialization of Christmas, many families have not forgotten about Christmas traditions; they haven’t forgotten about the true origins of Christmas. You may or may not believe it, but the candies, the toys, the greetings cards, and the many superfluous things, are NOT directly associated in any way with any Christmas tradition; they are just social and cultural changes that we have adapted ourselves to!

Just as our lifestyle habits change with times, so do customs. There is a difference of heaven and hell between the Christmas customs of then and now. For example, today you see kids getting excited about Christmas two months before the actual Christmas has even arrived! They would go about decorating the house and roof with Christmas lights and decorations, and would even put up and start decorating the Christmas tree just after Thanksgiving has passed; not to mention that they even start pestering their parents for toys and candies very early!

In good old days, it was not so. In those days, a couple would decorate the Christmas tree with just a few presents and lights that they brought secretly during the past couple of weeks. There was not so much marketing and commercialization about Christmas as now!

That said, no matter how much Christmas evolves over time, you can still follow the following old traditions if you want.

1. Each Sunday of December is known as the Sunday of Advent. On every Sunday during the month of December, you can light a candle, read some inspirational books on Advent, etc. This would give you a feeling of the calm, serenity, as well as the festive mood of Christmas.

2. Don’t forget about the twelve days of Christmas! Do some good deeds and acts of kindness on those twelve days. As you finish off each day, write about your good deeds on a piece of paper and keep it folded within a festive box and place it near the Christmas tree. Ask others to follow the same routine. Remember that the essence of Christmas lies in giving and helping others through your acts of kindness!

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