Isaiah 7:14 (NLT2)
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

Funny that the most celebrated event, occasion, holiday or whatever you call it is not an actual Christian feast and is not found anywhere in the scriptures but has been made about the Lord Jesus Christ’s birth.
The Bible does not give the date of Jesus’ birth, nor does it say that we should celebrate his birthday.
Christmas is seen as an annual church festival celebrated on December 25 in honour of the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ, it is a legal holiday in a lot of nations of the world, it is often celebrated by a particular church service, and by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmastide is more commonly known as the 12 Days of Christmas. It begins on Christmas Day, December 25th, and ends twelve days later. Most Christ-following denominations mark the end of the celebratory season on the celebration of the Epiphany.
Believers shouldn’t wait for a specific day annually to celebrate the saviour, celebrate Him daily for who He is and what He’s done for us. Christmas has become a worldwide drive to generate income boosting sales and festivities gaoler, rich, exotic, and expensive food and drinks, unnecessary party clothing and accessories, high-end drink-drive parties and expensive and mostly useless or inappropriate presents.
It seems with each year that passes, Christmastide gets more extravagant and expensive and the reason for the season has slowly been swallowed up in all the trimmings of the festivities.
We are made to glorify God no matter what the occasion or season, some of the Christmas carols have scriptures encouraging us to do just that-Luke 2:14, Christmastide should be another opportunity for us to glorify God by focusing on the meaning for the season. Our lives will sing of the glory of God when we intentionally seek His hand in our days.
Christmas commemorates the most momentous event in human history- the entry of God into the world in baby form.
Remember the life of Stephen in Acts 7 who gave to the poor and died for his faith, like him, we can be inspired to help those God has placed around us by giving and sharing what we have and telling them of Jesus, unlike the Christmas that has now turned into an enormously commercialized holiday.
2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us to take captive every thought, it’s easy to get caught up in the giving and receiving of presents of the season, they aren’t wrong to enjoy, but our focus must be on the true giver and provider of all things.
It’s very striking in Matthew 2 that the religious magi sought to worship the newborn king, but the religious leaders did not. The pagan astrologers bowed their knees, but the religious leaders didn’t. As we glorify God, let’s reset our hearts, guarding them against the danger of slipping into the commercial coma the season beckons us to. While we enjoy all the season has to offer, it’s important to stay focused and motivated by Christ. After all, He is the reason for the season! Let’s not forget that.
While hanging the lights, ornaments, putting up the trees and wrapping presents, don’t forget to offer someone who hasn’t met the saviour the hope, joy and peace of the season to them wrapped in and with God’s love of Isaiah 9:6.
Shalom