Christmas seems to polarize people. For some it is a cheerful time filled with the joy of family reunions as well as presents and other wonderful things. However, for many Christmas is a time of loneliness and despair. When it is reinforced to an individual that they remain unloved and their lives remain inconsequential.

Christmas is also a very busy and stressful time. Meals need to be cooked, presents need to be bought and relatives need to be hugged. So it shouldn't be any surprise when the real meaning of Christmas becomes buried underneath a myriad of anxieties and commitments.

For many the real meaning of Christmas is hard to pick. You see, secularists have claimed the holiday period for themselves. Coca-Cola have commercialised Christmas by inventing a red fat man who appeals to their target audience. And there are Yule pagan traditions which pre-date the evolution of Christianity. Indeed, there is no real evidence pointing to Jesus being born on the 25th December.

But despite all this adoptions that Christmas has picked up over the years the truth still remains. On Christmas we celebrate the revival of the human species. We not only turn to Christ as a baby but we, as Christians, can look ahead and rejoice in the wonderful works that Jesus performed. The greatest of which was to sacrifice himself for our salvation.