Christmas should be all year long..

I love Christmas.  I love the ornaments, I love the hot cider, I love the spending time with people we love.  I love the red and green, the twinkling lights..

I love the "Christmas spirit"..  This feeling that gets awoken in people that urges them to help others.  It leads them to serve at soup kitchens, to donate their old jackets, to purchase Christmas presents for children in need.

At the same time I feel bitter towards it.  Let me explain before you start thinking I'm Scrooge.

I love that Christmas makes people want to help others.  It just troubles me that people forget that these people need help all year long.  The people that get fed during Thanksgiving and Christmas likely attend that soup kitchen every week.  Kids need healthy meals and new books to read every single month out of the year.  The Salvation Army accepts donations every single day of the year. 

It's hard for me to understand why Christmas is the only time of year that most of society feels a deep need to give back to others. 

Jesus calls us to serve the poor and give to the needy..

"But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” - Luke 14:13-14

It doesn't say "But ONLY when you give a CHRISTMAS banquet, invite the poor"

I'm not saying that Christmas giving is a bad thing in the slightest..  I just beg of you to not forget these people every other day of the year.  I am so grateful that you have a heart to go to serve at a soup kitchen this Christmas season or buy gifts for one of the angel tree children...  But why don't you consider continuing your generous spirit for the rest of the year?

The needy aren't only needy at Christmas time.  They are needy in January, February, March, and so on..  


Hence why I say Christmas should be all year long..  People need our love every month of the year.  Not just December.  :)