Christmas is around the corner and you can tell that through the offers that the big retail shops are offering on goods and services and the new kind of fashion in cities.
Many people have different understanding of Christmas ,some see it as a religious festival and so they spend their Christmas Eve in church singing Christmas carols hymns and songs and watching nativity plays in church while some see it as a family reunion event because this is the time they get to see each other and celebrate together after a long period of different events .
People get excited during Christmas because they get to be off duties ,while others are so excited because they’re going to spend whatever they have been saving for this big Event during this period.
Different communities in different countries have different ways of celebrating Christmas.The way people will be celebrating Christmas in Congo is so different from Nigeria and Haiti.It is during Christmas that people prepare better meals than the usual ones.some prepare their traditional meals while others prepare the modern meals that they don’t usually afford to cook every other day.
People buy artificial Christmas trees and decorate them with paper chains,balloons,paper flowers,paper laterns .There is also making of Christmas cards to give to the loved ones.People save money so that they can travel to different countries or big cities in their country and buy new outfits for this big Event.
After Christmas day we have the boxing day where people open their presents though this day is not common to all countries in the world.
We all love celebrating but what of that child sitting in the streets of Nairobi, Mississippi,Acra and Arusha,that child suffering in the cancer ward,that orphan being mistreated by her step parents,that prisoner languishing in jail?How can we make them feel accepted in the society and impact something bin their lives?
When you are celebrating remember of the vulnerable in the society and try to make a smile of their faces don’t celebrate Christmas alone show love to your neighbors.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.