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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

There’s a sad sort of clanging
From the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too,
And up in the nurs’ry an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say “coocoo”.

Regretfully they tell us,
But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye to 2008

So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye,
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight.
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, adieu,
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.

So long, farewell, Au’voir, auf wiedersehen,
I’d like to stay but life has to go on
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye,
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye,
Good bye

I’m glad to go,
I cannot tell a lie.
I flit, I float,
I fleetly flee, I fly.

‘08 has gone and now ‘09 is here
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye 2008
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye!

I guess by now most Christian homes would have the Christmas trees decorated up and all lighted. Yes, once a year we would unwrapped the green plastic Christmas tree from the storeroom, wiped the dust off and decorate it with colourful ornament and wrap around it with bright Led lights.  The decorated tree will be left there for a week or two then it will be dismantled and wrapped up with plastic sheet and back to the storeroom again till the next Christmas. And this goes on year after year.

Our human hearts are the same. For some of us Christians, during these festive season we opened up our hearts and became charitable, giving and sharing. And after Christmas, we wrapped it up and keep it in store again.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we can decorate our hearts like how we decorated the Christmas trees so the world can see our lighted and decorative hearts. It would be nice if we could decorate our hearts with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulnes, humility and self-control -  and let Christmas be in us everyday throughout the year instead of just during Christmas season. These are the fruit of the Spirit of Christmas. And most importantly let our hearts be embrossed with God in the centre. Without God in it, Christmas is just another celebration with no true meaning.

So this Christmas let us decorate and light up our hearts with the fruit of the Spirit and let the world see the real meaning of Christmas throughout the year and never put it back in the store ever!

Blessed Christmas. Peace on earth and goodwill to all men!