About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Daily Cascade #1081548 added December 26, 2024 at 10:27am Restrictions: None
On Christmas
Prompt:
Write about your Christmas. Or anything about Christmas.
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This Christmas, I wasn't alone as I had my sons with me. So for that, I am really grateful.
Christmas has many faces that blend religious significance with cultural traditions, community connection, and personal reflections. It is basically a Christian festival that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, whose real birthday is not known for sure. I don't know if it's because of the vagueness of the exact birthday, but not all Christians celebrate this birthday on December 25 exactly, and some don't at all, possibly the Christians in Russia, the Ukraine and Romania, and the Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate it on the 7th of January.
Christmas is really a fun holiday; however, it is highly commercialized in our day, so much so that it loses some of its real meaning. Many religious services, including Midnight Mass, are held, and various customs reflect the spiritual significance of this holiday.
Yet, religious connections aside, Christmas is about reminiscing, catching up, laughter, and the warmth of family and friends. Acts of kindness are encouraged during this time, which--in my opinion--should be encouraged throughout the year. Why we encapsule the goodness of our actions during this time is really beyond me. So I keep asking myself, why not have Christmas throughout the year, instead? But then, our human make-up wouldn't allow it, would it! At least, not for every human.
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