Somehow, Christmas became about everyone except the One it was meant to honour.
The decorations arrive, the music plays, the food multiplies and the schedules fill up.
Yet, subtly, Jesus is moved to the background of His own celebrations.
However, Christmas was not supposed to be about traditions, calendars, or practices in the first place. It was not supposed to be about our decoration skills, our purchases, or our noise levels.
Jesus is not the reason for the season; He is the celebrant of the season.
The Bible does not instruct us to celebrate Christmas on a specific day; it does not designate December 25, and it does not prescribe a yearly festival. What the Bible provides is always much deeper than that, and it is the incarnation itself.
God stepping into time, eternity wrapped in flesh, the Creator choosing a womb, and the King choosing a manger.
Christmas is not about a calendar moment; it is about a divine interruption.
Jesus was not born into applause but into obscurity, not into wealth but into vulnerability, and not into comfort but into humanity. And that choice alone tells us what this season should reflect.
When Jesus is the celebrant, Christmas becomes less about performance and more about posture.
It becomes a season of:
- humility instead of excess.
- gratitude instead of entitlement.
- reflection rather than routine.
- worship instead of noise.
The angels did not announce a holiday; they announced good news.
The shepherds did not exchange gifts but returned glorifying God.
The wise men did not come to be entertained; they came to worship.
At the centre of the story was not a date, a feast, or a tradition. It was a Person.
When we make Christmas about Jesus, we are reminded that God does not wait for ideal conditions to move. He enters broken spaces, works through ordinary people, and brings light into dark places quietly but powerfully.
So, whether you celebrate Christmas loudly or quietly, traditionally or simply, the question is not how you celebrate, but why.
The question is this:
Is Jesus at the centre, or has He become a symbol at the edges?
Because when Jesus is the celebrant of the season, every act becomes worship, every gathering gains meaning, and every celebration points back to Him.
Christmas is not a matter of keeping a date. It means celebrating a birth which changed everything.
