Christmassing This Christmas

And the award goes to...CHRISTMAS. The crowd cheers while Christmas walks up to the stage to collect its award. Christmas deserves it, don't you think? For being the season of love that has indeed brought love that cut across every part of the society regardless of age, standard of living or gender.

I remember us being asked in church to bring gifts for exchange so we usually got little things we could afford of course from perfumes, to fancy pens, to clothes etc. But it never really mattered what the content of the package you're exchanging with your partner was, what matter was that the act took place - the exchange of love. We believe that love is giving because it really is. You cannot truly love without giving, no matter how little.

Christmas is the only period children from strict families are allowed to eat or drink from their neighbor. People exchange food and drinks - an act that would most likely not happen on a normal day. The importance of giving gifts during Christmas cannot be over emphasized as it even dates back to the reason for the season - the birth of Jesus Christ. We all know how the three wise men took gifts to the baby Jesus to show their love and respect.

And that was just a baby they were about to meet for the first time. How much more the people you already know? Those ones you don't even talk to because you simply don't want to or you don't seem to have the time. That has got to change this Christmas. You need to consider giving a gift, show some love. It won't cost you as much as you think. You might not even need to buy, you probably just need to do some digging and find out that there's something you bought sometime that you've never used. Instead of holding on to that thing, bless a life with it. You never really know how far this act will go in someone's life and did I forget to mention that you'll also be rewarded.

If you reap what you sow truly, what do you get when you sow love? When you give gifts? You get same, if not more because it's going to be pressed down, shaken together and given back to you in many folds. Share gifts this season regardless of financial constraints or unfavorable economic conditions. Remember, it's not what you give that matters, it's how you give and the heart accompanying it. Do something special this season for that stranger, child, friend or family member and watch how the smile on their faces will end up putting a smile on your face and heart.

Merry Christmas my darlings!

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