As long as Christmas is about Jesus, it cannot be reduced to secular hype

Chefs and guests mix ingredients during the Tamarind Tree Hotel Cake Mixing 2023 in Nairobi on October 19, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

If all you gain from Christmas is constipation, a hangover, peer-driven pleasures and a broken wallet, you'll have wasted yet another Christmas. As long as Christmas is about God becoming man, it cannot be reduced to a chapati. As long as Christmas is about a remedy for the sin of the world, it can never be equated to the most expensive of spirits. If Christmas is about a virgin becoming pregnant, it cannot be ranked with a vacation even to the most exquisite of destinations. Jesus is a big deal and history continuously confirms so.