You can't make Christmas secular

The fact that the celebration is enjoyed by millions of non-Christians is itself a witness to the birth of Christ. Every person who sees and participates in a Christmas celebration is forced to look beyond the secular portions of the event to contemplate the real reason the holiday is special for millions of people. It is impossible to have a purely secular Christmas. It is impossible to go through this season without acknowledging that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ.

That birth is the springboard of hope that Christians have, hope made real by the events they commemorate at Easter. The death, burial and resurrection of Christ, the fulfilling of scriptures about the messiah sent by God are the essence of Christianity. Christmas marks the beginning, Easter the fulfillment.

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