In two days, my family and I will be celebrating the birth of Christ, Who took on flesh from his Holy Mother, the Theotokos (or Virgin Mary).

I remember my family visiting the Natural History Museum up in Denver many years ago, and the timeline of human history displayed on the wall.

In the middle of that timeline was the birth of Christ.

In the past few weeks, I’ve been rather bothered by the lack of mention of Christ’s coming birth and rarely anything in stores carrying Christmas decorations and cards even mentioning the Christ Child.

I think in the past couple of decades, the meaning of Christ’s birth and how it impacted the world has been minimized.

Yes, we recognized the commercialism aspect that really took off many decades ago. However, it seems on steroids today!

The colossal event of Christ’s birth and coming in the flesh and walking among us humans is nothing short of miraculous and amazing! It is why the Natural History Museum couldn’t leave out that event in human history.

No matter the change of Before Christ to Before the Common Era, I asked myself, what does that actually mean? What was the “Before the Common Era”, and what does “Common Era” actually mean?

Looking up info on it, the term is also called “Before the Current Era,” which also means “Before the Christian Era”.

Obviously, we know this was done for religious neutrality. Although, I find that ridiculous. Because Christmas is all about Christ’s birth.

Other holidays that fall around this time and wishing those celebrating them a blessed one, I’ve no problem with.

However, I do think that although “Merry Christmas” seemed to have been somewhat muted in the past 10-15 years, it’s actually back to being said for those who wish to say it, which usually are us Christians, but sometimes others say this as well.

Unfortunately, I came down with an illness yesterday afternoon and have been in bed since then, I’m hoping I’ll be on the tale end of this bug when Christmas Day is here in two days!

I’m planning a roast beef dinner, and my oldest son, Nicholas, will be cooking duck for the first time!

As I’ve been reading the Gospel of Luke, I’ll leave these beautiful verses that Linus echoed in the Peanuts’ Christmas:

8″Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9″And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

10″Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

11″For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

12″And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13″And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

A very Merry Christmas, everyone! Christ is born! Glorify Him!

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