Unwrapping Christmas Booklet
$1.00
โUnwrapping Christmas’ – a booklet exploring the cultural festival and its untold stories
Why do we celebrate Christmas and Easter and where did these festivals come from?
This simple booklet examines the history behind Christmas and Easter looking at topics like:
- When did celebrating Christmas begin?
- Where did they get December 25th from?
- What about other Christmas traditions?
- In noting Christmas is a cultural festival, what does that mean?
- What is the spiritual message and story behind Christmas?
This booklet is a fantastic little gift suiting church events, food parcels/Christmas hampers, or for giving to family, friends or colleagues.
It communicates the Christian message gently – concurrent with an explanation what Christmas represents to us all as one of our cultural festivals and includes some suggested next steps for those interested.
View the 24 page booklet online HERE
ISBN: 978-1-7386133-1-1
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Description
WHY DID WE CREATE THE ‘UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS’ BOOKLET?
Following multiple requests for simple, friendly Christmas resources this booklet addresses some interesting concerns that are sometimes raised about the pagan influence behind our Christmas and Easter traditions, to clarify what is true while also addressing misconceptions.
It also seeks to expand our understanding of the purpose of Christmas to us all as a cultural festival – noting our cultural festivals with public holidays each exist to remind us of something that is significant to who we are.
(Beyond the immediate story of Jesus, as cultural festivals Christmas and Easter exist to remind us of the history that explain where our most treasured cultural values like equality, human value / personal freedom and charity came from.)
FEEDBACK:
A pastor from a local church in Upper Hutt, which welcomed over 1,500 people to their โThe Christmas Storyโ event last December, told us: โEach year we have various resources/giveaways available and for 2024 we provided Bibles and the new ‘Unwrapping Christmas’ booklet which we chose because of its superb quality. The information in it is both highly relevant and well presented in terms of its layout, making it very engaging and we were greatly encouraged by how many people took them. This is a much needed resource for a world needing Jesus. Thank you Shining Lights Trust for yet another useful resource!โ
