When the world is dying in the cold of winter, we hold our most heart-warming feast. Christmas looks the short days in the face and says, "Long live the King!" Christmas confronts the cold with fire and Christian warmth. Christmas defies the dying world by proclaiming the birth of its Creator. Christmas responds to the lack of leaves on trees by filling the space around one with presents. In doing all of these things, Christmas is not merely following the natural rhythm of things, it is defying the cadence of the calendar. It looks death in the face and says, "Where is thy sting?"
Christmas conquers the world. The manger of Bethlehem is an ultimatum. Become like a child and receive the gift of God or be left out in the cold without a Christ to warm your heart.
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