Christmas Blessings

Greetings faithful readers. 

Christmas evokes traditions, memories, gifts, and much more. It’s the time of year when foods play a major role in our celebrations. Instead of more information to close out this holiday season, I refer you to a few previous Christmas posts from my blog.

• For special dishes see Sweet Potatoes or Yams for the Holidays.

• For cautions about overeating, look at a 2011 post Healthy Indulgence for the Holidays.

• Don’t forget information about food safety and sanitation, Food-Safe through the Holidays.

• Concerned about weight-gain? See Holidays―Not the Time to Diet, Healthy Indulgence for the Holidays, or Christmas Ribbon Salad―A Lighter Treat for Christmas.

• For interesting tidbits about food see Sugar Plums for Christmas.

While these food or food-related posts are important snippets of information, let’s not forget the most important aspects of this Holy Holiday.

For those who have forgotten or never knew, Christmas is the observance of the birth of Jesus Christ. In his brief ministry of about three years, Jesus declared many truths about himself. In John 6:48, he refers to himself as the “bread of life.” Indeed, he is. While residents of this world, the foods we eat feed our earthly bodies. Jesus alone is the bread of life for eternity. He proclaimed, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to [God] except through me” (John 14:6).

Enjoy the holiday and all it has come to represent but don’t forget that Jesus is the real reason for this season. God bless.

Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year.

 

 

 

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