“We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. Regarding not the day, let us, nevertheless, give thanks to God for the gift of His dear Son.”
Charles Spurgeon (Click on Spurgeon’s name on the left to learn a bit about him)
Wings of the Wind 
Thanks for the good quote from Spurgeon, Chris. Many assume (I think correctly) that Christmas was a repurposing of a Roman pagan holiday, but as Spurgeon says we can look past that (and today’s raging commercialization) to remember the miraculous incarnation of our Savior.
You’re welcome, Tom, and thank you for your comment. Spurgeon loved Christmas time but the texts he decided to use on Christmas Day are interesting. Some dealt with the nativity story and some of the texts had nothing to do with Christmas. I suppose he did as all preachers should, he was led by the Holy Spirit about what his topic should be regardless of the day.
As you say the raging commercialization can be such a distraction. At the same time, if we are able to ignore that and put it aside, we can enjoy the greatest gift we’ve ever been given.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” -2 Cor. 9:15
Here’s cheers to remembering what the 25th is all about!
Thank you for being a blog buddy & best wishes for 2026
❤️🌟💚
(my WP reader keeps glitching (maybe the heavy traffic??), so I hope you get this!)
Thank you for the comment, Mindful. You’re welcome and thank you for being a blog buddy as well! Best wishes to you in 2026, too!
(The WP reader may have glitched because this is one of your first comments here. I got it fine and WP approved the comment thankfully.) 🙂
It’s so weird (and disappointing!) I try hard to visit people, but then, when I hit send on my comment, WP says there’s been a problem and it doesn’t go through. sorry if it seems I’ve been neglectful!
Yes, I’ve had the same problem before. Like you did here, I always share my blog when the comment section asks for it. That should make all the difference. If you are doing this on other blogs and it isn’t working, the problem is on the WP end.
There was a period of time when I couldn’t comment on certain blogs no matter what I tried. One day everything was fine and then for no explanation I could leave messages on some blogs but not on others. After trying to figure it out I gave up and eventually things went back to normal. I have no idea why it happened but I figured maybe WP was doing an update or something and it was the problem.
I’m glad you kept trying here because it did go through. If I remember right, you have made one other comment on my blog. If not this is your first. The first comment to any blog can be problematic but you did just fine. The fact that your gravatar is visible with your comment means you did everything right…I think.
I’m still learning too after all these years. You haven’t seemed neglectful at all. In fact, you have tried harder than most to make a comment and I appreciate that!
oh thank you! I’ve discovered that it seems to make a difference what device I am (some days the mobile phone lets me like but not comment but yesterday it was the computer that was glitching – maybe heave traffic?!) I have been to your site before and commented (or tried to)! Keep up the good work and enjoy the last days of 2025 – hopefully 2026 will be glitch-free in every sense of the idea! ⭐
You’re welcome and heavy traffic can be an issue at times I think.
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the last days of 2025 and am also hoping for a glitch-free 2026.
God’s blessings…
🌟all the best my friend for 2026🌟
Thank you, Mindful, I wish you the best in 2026 as well!
God’s blessings…
I agree with Spurgeon on this one. Thanks for sharing Chris.
You’re welcome. Spurgeon is pretty balanced on most things. Thanks for commenting, Elizabeth!
Love Spurgeon
Me too!
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