What Is The Christmas Spirit? (Pack Of 25)

One Christmas I read a newspaper article written by a reporter who had been searching for the meaning of ?the Christmas spirit.? When he concluded his quest, he rated this answer as the best: ?It?s in your heart. It feels warm and glowy. You can?t buy it, and you can?t get it from anybody else.? That?s the popular concept of ?the Christmas spirit??it?s inside us. We just have to ?get? it. So, does it hit when we unpack our decorations and start playing Christmas music? Does it require a Christmas tree? One strand of lights? Two? Is it more presents? Or does it come down to out-dazzling our neighbors with a bigger outdoor display? Going back to the beginningI decided to re-read the Christmas story in the Bible. I wanted to study the reaction of those shepherds?working the night shift!?who were the first people to get the news of the birth of Baby Jesus. After seeing him, we?re told that they returned to their sheep ?glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen? (Luke 2:8-20). Now shepherds in those days weren?t the gentle, soft-spoken fellows that greeting cards portray. More likely they were rough-cut and hardy. When the Bible says they were glorifying and praising God, it?s describing something like the last second of a playoff game when the home team wins, and the whooping and hollering cut loose! That was likely the only kind of ?glor

Schaeffer, Dan