These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The Meaning of Christmas

Christmas time will come and go,
but Christ is always near the heart
of ev'ry child He brings to know
Salvation, and His new life's start.

Is Christmas something we express
in trees with presents piled quite high?
Is Christmas something we confess
with warmish, color lights so nigh?

Is Christmas something we must shun,
since pagans worship darkest night?
The battle of the gods was won
when Light was used to show their plight.

"The unknown God you worship, friends,
is Jesus Christ, the One, Who saves."
For when He doth our hearts attend,
transforms as new from all our graves.

If winter solstice is quite all,
that Christmas means with its gifts that fade,
then we must on the Savior call,
and to believe, His Work obeyed.

But if blest Christmas means much more,
the virgin birth we hold all year,
The One, Whose Birthday we adore,
to sing hymn/carols, loud and clear,

then Christmas can be loved and cheered,
not just one day, but all year round.
The Child returns as One, most feared.
The Lord has freed His saved ones, bound.

by Jay O’Toole
on December 22nd, 2025