I remember very fondly in my very young days when I used to 'smell' Christmas!
Christmas was then something special. We related it to the birth of Christ and felt the spirit of Christmas in our blood.
Unfortunately, that has disappeared. Christmas has now or seem to have been taken over. It is now regarded as santa clause day. Also regarded as when businesses project how much of the peoples' money would come their way, hence the 'conditioning' weeks before the 25th!
I have since lost the excitement and reality of what it stands for because the state does hardly acknowledge it these days.
In Belgium, I saw a nativity setting with a real sheep.
Where is all the Christianity that we had exported to the corners of the world?
We are probably the most unGodly nation in the world now.
Very soon, I can see the UK making Sunday become a normal day where work will be taken for granted.
Am I wrong or simply thinking differently?