Although there are many things that I do not like about Christmas, I always enjoyed looking at all the lights. The lights do come with their annoyances like hanging them up in the freezing cold, trying to make sure all the strands actually work and are not missing a bulb, then you have to solve a never ending puzzle as to how the heck you are going to get them all plugged in. So why do we do all this. Yes, they are beautiful and as you may have told your children they do light the way for santa but, is there a deeper meaning. I mean where did this tradition come from. The tradition of lights started many years ago in Germany. They are to represent a few different things:
1. The lights can represent the starry night on which Christ was born. It was the star in the heavens that marked the birth of Christ. As the scriptures say in Mathew 2:2 "Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."2. The lights can also be a symbol of the enlightened path. Just as the people followed the star in the sky to lead them to Christ on the night of his birth, the lights can represent Christ and how he needs to be the light in our lives.
3. The lights can also be a symbol of the light, hope, and good in the world. These lights may serve the role of a reminder to everybody to be the light, hope, and good in the world and to others. Don't wait to absorb the light of others but rather shine your light to the world just as Christ has shined his light for all of us.
Overall, seeing the lights every Christmas makes me happy. It reminds me that there is still a light in this dark world. That there is still a place to turn in dark times.
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