The Lights and Stars of Christmas

Stars does not mean from the Many Christmas Movies. But rather stars become a symbol from the Heavens. Stars have been thought to represent the Heavenly Hosts. Lights have come to reflect the Light of the Child. This comes again from many years of dealing with Star worship.

Lights of Christmas can point back to the Candles in the previous section as well as the Christmas Lights. This becomes a more popular theme when you connect it with stars. The Great Star of Course that the Magi follow is thought to appear immediately, but again remember the Magi must have taken two years to travel. Now these Magi most likely did track stars but could have still been following a star for some two years. The other possibility is the Star appears later.

Some picture the Heavenly host that sings related to the stars. This would fill the Night sky. Christmas celebrates these lights from Heaven. The Heaven Lights have also been thought to display spirits or ancestors Look to the Lion King. Now Christmas gets trapped up in this Light and Stars theme only in some small contrast. The birth narrative of Christ in Luke may have some of these small tid bits, but they do not take all that they find today.

Lights on the tree array the Heavenly sky. The Lights show the season off with celebration. This comes from again the Night sky filled with songs of praise at the Birth of the King. Jesus is to be praised by many Lights. Hopefully these Lights would be better served as the Lights within people's hearts not Lights on a tree.

Finally, we look to the top of the Christmas tree. Is there an angel or a Star? The Star and the Angel both seem to fit together as the Heavenly Host. The people sing the praises of Christ's Birth.

Christmas time becomes a celebration of many different lights. These Lights shine in the Darkness but the true light is the Light of Christ. We celebrate Christ's Light together as he comes into the World on Christmas night. But Christ is our Paschal Light as he is raised from the Dead. The true celebration needs to focus on Christ and his sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.

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