Christmas is here =D Maaan~ over these last few centuries Christmas sure has evolved into many things for different peoples and different cultures. To many, it is now X’mas, a time to exchange presents and have turkey and a big family dinner. To Japanese, X’mas eve has become the date for couples, second only to Valentine’s. To otakus, it is a milestone which reminds them of the fast-approaching climax of the year: COMIKET!!! But for us Christians, it’s a little bit different ^^” We go back in history, and remember the original purpose for this festival; we remember exactly what it is that this day is supposed to celebrate: the birth of a man called Jesus. Christ is his title. His occupation, you can say. Or his identity.
Most of the year around, I’m all high on anime and manga. Or games. Or dramas. Only Korean and Japanese dramas, mind; Canto and Taiwanese and Mando and American dramas are all crap (except for The Big Bang Theory!). Otherwise, I’m stressing about tests. Exams. Homework. But Christmas, and Easter, and Black Friday (not the stock market one), and the Pentecost, and all the Sundays bring me back. They remind me that this is not what life is for. True, these things brighten life up; they are the icing on the cake, or the ribbon on the wrapped gift. But too often, we absorb ourselves into the wrappings. We ooh and aah over the icing, about how beautiful it is, about the gold gildings on the chocolate signpost on the cake, and take ages just tasting the icing. Then we don’t eat the cake. We don’t open the present. That’s stupid. Life is about living. Anime and manga and movies and books are all forms of escapism. They bring the audience to another world where their imagination is led through exhilarating trips. But remember, dear Reader: this excitement is based on real life. In fact, real life can be even greater than that! Not the magic and the dragons and the Deathly Hallows; but love, and family, and sacrifice, and miracles. These are what makes a movie great. We may look at the CGs and compare and chase after the actors, but in the end, it’s always the meaning of the movie that captures your heart. And in life, that meaning is right there. Right beside you. And to us Christians, we know that it’s even inside us. We live for Jesus. We breath for Jesus. Anime and manga is good and all, but at least on Christmas, don’t forget: we live only to honor His name and to make the world His apostles. Amen. Merry Christmas. God bless.
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