First, I’d like to give a little shout out to my awesome cousin Danielle who hounded me to write a blog about this Christmas, and talk about her in it. So I did, and this is it. Thanks Danielle!
First, I feel that I need to define what the word “Quixotic” means. Most people don’t usually know what words like that mean offhand. (Thanks Dr. Nelson!) I supplied you with the word, so I might as well supply you with the definition. Quixotic means (according to my professor Dr. Nelson and whatever dictionary he used…) overly idealistic, unrealistic and impractical. Exceedingly chivalrous or romantic. Fanciful.
In the context of the words, this post is about an “unrealistic Christmas.” That doesn’t sound very good… does it? Allow me to explain.
What do we WANT Christmas to look like though? We seem to want to have the family or friends come together, happy and healthy. We want to se the joy in each other’s faces as gifts are exchanged and opened. We want the meals to come together beautifully and to be cleaned up efficiently.
I hope at this point you realize how Christmas wasn’t perfect.
We all know that none of our Christmases turned out the way we wanted. Think about it: this Christmas, did you every have the stress of preparing for family? Did you have problems and issues thinking of gifts? How about children who didn’t seem to emanate thankfulness? How about appearing thankful for the sake of those who gave you gifts that you don’t really want… or need?
I am a firm believer that our image of Christmas is quixotic. It’s unrealistic and idealistic. We want things to be perfect and they rarely are. I believe this is because we believe that presents and “things” are the center of Christmas. We might go to church but we don’t understand the purpose.
The reason we celebrate Christmas is the same reason we celebrate Easter. It’s just that this holiday celebrates a different event in Jesus’ life! To understand this reason, check out this blog! Even in Celebrating Jesus’ birth, we are celebrating his death. That is the reason we have been saved and why Jesus is important! Thank God!
Even though our view of Christmas is Quixotic, I believe that it can become much better if we simply love Jesus and understand his sacrifice for us!
