Christmas is for Children

A good example of scriptural inconsistency is found in the Christian New Testament, where the Apostle Paul on one hand makes an argument for the merits of growing up to think and act as an adult rather than as a child. The gospels, on the other hand, report a Jesus who attributes child-like innocence as the key to heaven. Such disparity is what lends support to the position that Paul never had any firsthand experience with Jesus of Nazareth. It also serves to illustrate how the emerging institution of the Church wasn’t necessarily faithful to Jesus’ teachings as it developed its own. At any rate, it does seem consistent with what we know of Jesus’ ministry to proclaim that Christmas is most definitely for children. What at first may appear to be a harsh judgment against adulthood actually points the way toward the true meaning of Christmas. If the holiday seems to have lost some of its sparkle and magic, perhaps it is because we’ve forgotten that, regardless of physical age, we are all children of God, the Creator’s created. There’s still enough time left to let ourselves get into that childlike frame of mind and enjoy the best Christmas ever…since we were kids.