Christmas Rush

I was thinking of writing something related to Christmas since Christmas is only 4 days away, so here goes...

Christmas is about looking for gifts for the people you love.
Christmas is about you getting fatter from all the food you're about to eat during Christmas parties.
Christmas is about receiving gifts/money from loved ones and friends.
Christmas is about the awful traffic you're going to experience.
Christmas is about the sales.
Christmas is about spending more money on gifts, wrappers, ribbons, decorations, and Christmas party costumes...

...Is it really about these things? I beg to differ, really.

Christmas should be about giving, not only to the people you love, but also to the people who need love. Just like how Jesus came down from the earth and gave us not only unending love, but everlasting salvation, even though we didn't ask for it.
Christmas should be about spending time with your family, with your loved ones, the way that the Holy Family stuck together, no matter what happened.
Christmas should be centered on CHRIST. That's why it's named CHRISTmas in the first place: it is a celebration of how God came down from the earth to save mankind, which shows His unconditional love for us.
Christmas is about laying it down to Him, because He is in control. No matter what happens, or what has happened, He will always be in control, and He will definitely make things better.

I might start sounding like a priest giving his homily, but let's invite Christ, not just to His own birthday party, but also in our lives. Let Christmas be a reminder that God, in His love for us, sent His one and only Son to redeem us, and that we, in return, should also give ourselves to Him as a sign that we respond to His love.