Do you remember when you were a kid, you get that giddy feeling when hear people talking about Christmas season? Do you remember putting up the Christmas decorations and setting up the Christmas tree? Do you remember when you went out to sing Christmas carols to neighboring houses with families and friends? Do you remember feeling excited when you finally get to receive your Christmas gift?

     As a child, these were some of the ultimate indications of the Christmas spirit, the true feel of holiday fun. And every year, we had hoped and prayed that the fun of Christmas and holiday cheer will last.
Now, as young adults, can we say the same about our Christmas spirit?

     To some of us, they can’t. It changed. They didn’t know when, or how, but somehow the holiday cheer died down a little bit each year. The culture that they had as kids slowly began to fade. Maybe being consumed in year-end academic projects and other activities made them busy and immersed in work rather than going out and sing Christmas carols. Maybe they feel they should be working on a deadline than going to a party planned by friends and family. They’d rather think about school, work, bills, deadlines, how to pass the semester, and many other stresses that they feel than look for holiday cheer. And each year, they ask themselves; “why aren’t I feeling Christmas today?”

     And when they realize that they feel that way because they grew up, it stings a bit.
Growing up will always be a part of us as living beings, it will never change. But did we just lose the Christmas spirit along the way?

     Hopefully not. Maybe to some us, the Christmas cheer turned colder, maybe to others it just got lost in the back of their heads. Hopefully we all realize and rediscover the meaning of Christmas is standing together for peace and love and unity in the name of God. And in the craziness of our modern world, we all need each other. Maybe we won’t get back our Christmas spirit as we once did as kids, but being together is a start.