CHRISTMAS should be a holy day, not merely a holiday. We should pause in common pursuits to freshen our gratitude for the birth of Jesus and for his life-work. More than this, we should enlarge our preparation to follow in the way he showed. In particular, each of us should newly dedicate himself to the idea of Christian service expressed in Jesus' words: "I am among you as he that serveth" (Luke 22:27).
The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, spoke of Christmas as follows: "To-day the Christ is, more than ever before, 'the way, the truth, and the life,'—'which lighteth every man that cometh into the world,' healing all sorrow, sickness, and sin. ... At this immortal hour, all human hate, pride, greed, lust should bow and declare Christ's power, and the reign of Truth and Life divine should make man's being pure and blest" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany 257:13).
