Christmas is my favorite holiday! The sight of twinkling decorations, the smell of fresh baked cookies, the joy of giving,
the look of excitement in my children's eyes on Christmas morning!
But let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas: To celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!
Luke 2:7 & 11
And she [the virgin Mary] brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. KJV
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The Candy Cane, used during the holidays, stands as an important
Christmas symbol. A candy maker wanted to come up with an idea
to express the meaning of Christmas through the imagination of candy.
That is when he came up with the idea of the Candy Cane. There are
several different symbols incorporated through the Candy Cane.
First, he used a plain white peppermint stick.
The color white symbolizes the purity and sinless nature of Jesus.
Next, he decided to add three small stripes to symbolize pain
inflicted upon Jesus before his death on the cross and a bold
stripe to represent the blood he shed for mankind. Two other
symbols are distinctive on the Candy Cane. When looked at, it
looks like a shepard's staff because Jesus is the shepard of man.
Then if you turn it upside down, you will notice the shape of
the letter J symbolizing the first letter in Jesus's name.
These five symbols were incorporated into this piece of peppermint
stick so that we would remember what we really celebrate the
Christmas season for.
The Christmas tree stands for an important Christmas symbol also.
We put up a tree because Jesus died on a cross made from a tree (Dogwood tree).
The star we put on the top of the tree is to symbolize the star the three wisemen followed. The lights we use for decoration is symbolic because Jesus is the Light Of the World. Lastly the gifts under the tree are to symbolize the gifts the three wisemen brought to Jesus.
