Put Christ Back in Christmas

Do you find that every December as more and more trees are being decorated, more and more Santas are on display, and more and more stores and businesses are urging you to shop for "the holidays", but, something--or rather Someone is being left out? And that Someone happens to be the Key Figure to why we are so festive every December 25th? Well, you are not alone. Let us all figure out a way to put Christ back into Christmas.

Steps

 * 1)  Listen to Christmas carols on your CD player or radio. Not just Christmas folk songs like "Frosty the Snowman," or "Jingle Bells -- which are actually songs about winter itself; not Christmas, though they are only sung around Christmas -- " but, actual Christ-centered carols, such as "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," etc.[[Image:Decorate Your Home for Christmas at the Very Last Minute Step 6.jpg|center]]
 * 2) Learn to play or to sing a Christmas carol, either one you already like, or a new one to you.[[Image:Put Christ Back in Christmas Step 2.jpg|center]]
 * 3)  Display Nativity scenes, large and small.[[Image:Put Christ Back in Christmas Step 3.jpg|center]]
 * 4)  Read and/or display the Nativity stories from either of the Gospels according to St. Matthew or St. Luke.[[Image:Put Christ Back in Christmas Step 4.jpg|center]]
 * 5)  Donate to charities. The best Birthday Present we can give Our Lord, is by our giving to those most in need. Jesus said, "What you do to [or for] the least of these children, you do to Me!"[[Image:Recycle Christmas Cards Step 12.jpg|center]]
 * 6)  Attend Church. When we celebrate a loved one's birthday, we make an effort to visit that person. We do not have the birthday party without the birthday boy/girl, and Our Lord should be no exception to this general rule.[[Image:Put Christ Back in Christmas Step 6.jpg|center]]
 * 7)  Give religious Christmas cards to family or friends who celebrate Christmas.[[Image:Put Christ Back in Christmas Step 7.jpg|center]]
 * 8)  Greet others, wishing them "Merry Christmas," not the politically correct "Happy Holidays," or "Season's Greetings."[[Image:Be a Better Student Step 6.jpg|center]]
 * 9) Talk with neighbors, family and friends about the importance of Christ and of His birth. Imagine what it was like for Mary and Joseph anticipating the coming of the Savior, Messiah, The King of Kings, promised for so many years.[[Image:Smile Like You Mean It Step 2.jpg|center]]

Tips

 * Receive Jesus Christ as your personal savior. Receive the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus.
 * To depict Nativity scenes, you might like to display both an outdoor Nativity scene as well as an indoor one.

Warnings

 * Some staunchly politically correct Christian or not try to go out of their way to censor Christ from Christmas for some fear of offending people of other religions. In such cases, you must be more vigilant asserting your free religious right to serve Your Lord, by proclaiming His Birth openly.

Things You'll Need

 * Christmas CDs (which include Religious Christmas carols).
 * Your Bible.
 * Nativity set.
 * Sheet music or lyrics of carols.

Related wikiHows

 * Evangelize
 * Glorify God (Christianity)
 * Keep Christ in Christmas
 * Celebrate a Strictly Religious Christmas
 * Live a Good Christian Life
 * Know Jesus As Your Personal Saviour