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Christmas \u2013 some reminiscences-by Dr. V.J.M. de Silva<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong>Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction\u00a0\u2013 As one who is celebrating his 92nd<\/sup>\u00a0Christmas, it is with a profound sense of nostalgia that I pen these thoughts. Memories of days gone by, those near and dear, and friends long gone, come crowding in. I feel it all the more, as one who lost his wife and a daughter within a period of one. This year, one can hardly talk of Christmas as a \u2018celebration\u2019. The Covid 19 virus disease is certainly playing havoc world-wide. The USA has had 17,000,000 cases and 306,000 deaths; India 10,000,000 cases and 145,000 deaths. Sri Lanka however has had only 34,000 cases and 154 deaths<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what is Christmas all about? Christmas is thought by most to be a wonderful time, focusing the participants on giving, family togetherness, beautiful music and decorations, feasting on special foods and singing Christmas carols. Though every generation keeps on saying it, Christmas has lost its real meaning. However, it can truly be said that:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCHRISTmas\u201d minus Christ = X\u2019MAS,<\/span><\/p>\n

the highly commercialized Christmas we are seeing these days. Secular society sees Christmas as a shopping holiday, and society is only too happy to keep it that way, and big business booming.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who celebrates Christmas today?<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>As\u00a0Philip Jenkins<\/b>\u00a0says, the typical Christian today is no longer the white man; he is brown, black or yellow. In 1900, 80% of Christians lived in Europe and North America. Even today the USA remains comparatively more Christian than Europe. Today,\u00a060%<\/b>\u00a0live in the\u00a0developing world.\u00a0<\/b>There are 480 million in South America, 360 million in Africa, and 313 in Asia. The majority in these countries are practicing Christians. He defines a Christian as anyone who self-proclaims to be one. Oddly enough, this Christian growth occurred\u00a0after\u00a0<\/b>the period of European conquest and colonialism \u2013 (Philip Jenkins,\u00a0The Next Christendom)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

A century ago, less than 10% of\u00a0Africa<\/b>\u00a0was Christian. Today, it is nearly\u00a050%<\/b>.\u00a0David Aikman (<\/b>former\u00a0Time\u00a0<\/i>magazine correspondent in Beijing), observes in his book,\u00a0Jesus in Beijing,\u00a0<\/i>there are now about\u00a0100 million<\/b>\u00a0Christians in\u00a0China<\/b>, who worship in underground evangelical and Catholic churches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Religious significance of Christmas<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One thing that is specific to Christianity is its belief in miracles. The incarnation of Jesus Christ, God appearing on earth in human form, Jesus Christ being one person but two in nature, is one of the central mysteries of the Christian faith. This, together with the Resurrection, Christian apologist\u00a0C.S. Lewis<\/b>\u00a0(1898 \u2013 1963), professor of English Literature at Cambridge University, a former atheist, refers to as\u00a0\u2018The Grand Miracle\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 (God in the Dock<\/i>), a collection of Lewis\u2019 essays. It is not surprising that finite minds cannot comprehend it. However, I do not propose to deal with theological aspects in this article.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas in Colonial Ceylon<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>\u2013 My earliest recollections of Christmas is of the early\u00a01930s<\/b>, a few years before World War II. Living, born and bred in Moratuwa, which still has a higher percentage of Christians than the national average, Christmas was celebrated on big scale. Most Christian homes had \u2018bucket\u2019 lantern decorations; Christmas trees, cribs which children made themselves. The public holiday period extended for several days (up to New Year, if I remember right), and most of the post \u2013 Christmas holidays were spent visiting relatives. There were hardly any cars in that era. A common mode of transport then was \u2018buggy cart\u2019. Our family of five (my siblings were two younger sisters), would leave home in the morning, and after five or six visits, we would be back in the evening. By then we had a few balloons, crackers (Chinese), bon-bons, and sparklers \u2013 all presents given to us, which we lit at night. There was plenty of Christmas cake, cheese (Swiss and Cheddar), biscuits (Huntly and Palmers, Peak Freans cream crackers) \u2013 all imported, (no local Maliban then!), home-made\u00a0\u2018Puhuldosi<\/i>\u2019, march mellows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moratuwa, (apart from carpentry, is a city of musicians), was famous for its Carol parties. There were \u201cCarol carts\u201d, converted and decorated bullock carts, complete with angel, shepherds, and wise-men. The carols, sung by the actors (all in Sinhalese), composed by local dramatists, were haunting melodies. These have all died down with the passing years and the coming of the \u00cdT era.<\/span><\/p>\n

A little girl\u2019s letter-<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Christmas is associated with Santa Claus, whose origin can be traced to St. Nicholas (AD 270 \u2013 343), a Greek bishop of Myra, present day Turkey, patron saint of children. In 1897,\u00a0Dr. Philip O\u2019Hanlon<\/b>, a coroner\u2019s assistant in Manhattan, was asked by his eight year old daughter, Virginia (1889 \u2013 1971) whether Santa Claus really existed. Dr. O\u2019Hanlon suggested she write\u00a0The Sun<\/i>, a prominent New York City newspaper at that time, assuring her that \u2013 \u201cIf you see it in The Sun, it\u2019s so\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

She did as her father suggested. The letter was as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, if you see it in The Sun, its so. Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia O\u2019Hanlon<\/span><\/p>\n

In doing so, Dr. O\u2019Hanlon had unwittingly given the newspaper\u2019s editor, an opportunity to rise above the simple question and address the philosophical issues behind it. It has since become the most reprinted editorial in the English language . One can get it from the Internet. I can only give a few excerpts from the Editor\u2019s reply:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVirginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. . . . . . In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him . . . . Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary the world would be if there were no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither men nor children can see . . . . . No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. . . . . He will continue to gladden the heart of childhood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Dickens<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>(1812 \u2013 1870) published\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/i>\u00a0in 1843, introducing to the world\u00a0Ebenezer Scrooge<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Tiny Tim<\/b>. It remains perhaps the most popular Christmas fiction of our time. The conversion of Scrooge from the grumpy miser to a genial benefactor, tells us what Christmas is all about. Christmas time means contemplating another passing year, bringing in the New Year, and expressing hope for the future. We can count our blessings and hope for another year of relative happiness and good physical and mental health. At my age, I can\u2019t wish for more. There are not many left anyway! Whatever one may wish, one has to remember that everything that one hopes for, is of course\u00a0Deo volente\u00a0<\/b><\/i>(God willing)!<\/span><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I received an E-mailed video\u00a0from a relative in Canada. Perhaps he sent it because he knew my age. It is of Dr John Grossman who is 96 years old. He is a\u00a0 world famous plastic and breast surgeon with a wide experience, though he lost two daughters due to cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

He spoke of his spiritual journey through life. He ended the 15 minute talk with a prayer. He was recently interviewed in Channel 2 of Denver, Colorado. Having seen the video, I can say the way he spoke is amazing. A person half his age wouldn\u2019t have been able to speak like that! He is also a committed Christian who has done a lot to help his church (a Presbyterian).<\/span><\/p>\n

(Some of the facts mentioned in this article are from religious journals available on the Internet).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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