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

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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.

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