St. Ambrose Academy Chronicle

Christmas Joy

Advent's almost over, school's winding down, and there's only *gasp* six shopping days left until Christmas, eh?

Around this time of year, we tend to hear a lot about how Christmas is over-commercialized, how parties and gifts distract from the real meaning of Christmas (the incarnation of the Son of God!). There's some merit to such warnings--there's little doubt that parents getting out their brass knuckles over PS3s and Tickle-me-Elmo Xs isn't desirable. Nor is running your family's budget into the ground to get one of the aforementioned items on the black-Ebay-market. And, for those of you past the golden age of 21, Christmas isn't just another opportunity to get plastered.

But Jimmy Akin just posted some incredible thoughts about Christmas celebrations, inspired by a couple homilies from Benedict XVI. Read it for yourself, but, basically, he points out that B16's view of Christmas celebrations seems to be much less gloomy than you might expect, and offers a nice discussion of the topic. I highly recommend it as we approach this Feast.

Merry Christmas, y'all!

posted by Sean T. M. Stiennon @ 10:32 AM -- 0 comments