Is It Happy Holidays, X-Mas, or Merry Christmas??

Note: This was submitted by Bee LeDoux of Sulphur. -JimS
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Does it matter what we say at this time of the year? Does it matter how we spell Christmas?

Holiday in the dictionary means a religious festival, holy day. So, if they tell us Happy Holiday, I know they are wishing me a Happy Holy Day Celebration.

A few years ago someone remarked to me about people using X-mas instead of Christmas. When we wish someone Merry Christmas, you are wishing them a season full of fun, laughter, lively, cheerful, joyfulness with a celebration or festival in Christ's honor. The X in Greek means Christ. But, people who use X-Mas are not necessarily omitting Christ out of their celebrations. The dictionary defines X as a person or thing unknown or unrevealed, in other words, Christ has not been revealed to them.

The dictionary says a nativity is the conditions accompanying birth.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and His names shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

We should allow Christ's Spirit to be born and grow in our hearts.

Luke 2:8-10
And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And Lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the angel said unto them , "Fear Not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."

Luke 2:20
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

As the shepherds did, let us keep watching, listening, following, worshiping and praising Jesus Christ.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish , but have everlasting life.

2 Corthinians 9:15
Thanks are unto God for His unspeakable gift.

Let us accept and be thankful for God's gift, because He loved us.

Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying all power is given unto Me in heaven and earth. Go, ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.

Matthew 28:20
And, Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Like the host of angels, proclaiming the good news, let us spread the Gospel of Christ.

Matthew 2:2
Saying, where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen the star in the east, and are come to worship Him.

As the star shown so brightly, that the wise men followed it. Allow Christ to shine so brightly in our hearts that others would want to follow Him too.
God allow His Son to be humbled, to start life in a barn, to experience our pain, frustration and disappointments, not just so that He would understand what we felt, but so that we would know----BE REALLY SURE---- that He understands us.

Yes, Lord make our hearts a nativity that Christ in all His glory be magnified there.

When someone tells me Happy Holiday, I will tell them what I have always said, "MERRY CHRISTMAS".