The true meaning of Christmas

It's Christmas time and everybody is out and about doing last-minute Christmas shopping. But I've been thinking about the real meaning of the holiday recently.

Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has come under fire recently for airing an ad talking about Christmas as the birth of Christ. But that is exactly what it is. As such, we should ask, what would Christ say about the way the Christmas holiday has evolved.

I think it is fair to say that he would be dismayed. It has grown so commercialized and artificial. We think of it as an excuse to give or get new plasma tvs. This is not to say that we should never give or get gifts on holidays. But I do think we over-do it. So this Christmas, I will focus much more on enjoying my family and thinking about the selflessness Christ demonstrated on earth.