In this whole world, there are two kinds of people who celebrates christmas every year.
The first people is the people who celebrates christmas as a common holiday. For these people, christmas is a time to share their loves to the family and special one.There are special foods and drinks, including wine and champagne. When the family is gathering, they exchange presents to each other.
The second people are the people who celebrates christmas as a birth of Jesus. For these people, christmas is the time when they feel the love of God. The God who devoted his life to be a normal human; The God who feel what we feel as a normal human. When these people receive the love from God, they transmit the love to their family and special one as well. These people also have special foods and presents to enjoy the life that God have given.
Which christmas do you prefer? I prefer the christmas to celebrate the birth Jesus, because the root of the word Christ + Mas means The born Jesus. There are a lot of events in church to honour The Saviour.Whenever you received Jesus as The Lord, that is christmas for you since He is born in your life.
On christmas night, most of the churches in Indonesia is guarded by police. We don’t want the event in year 2000 happend again. We don’t want the terrorists put the bom in the churches like what happend in year 2000. We want the peace while celebrating christmas night in churches.
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Nova Tobing*
