Don't Commercialize Christmas in your Mind....please....

Ah Christmas season.  It is truly one of my favorite times of the year. People seem to be kinder, have a better focus and perspective on the gospel in our youth group and church.  Yet I heard a new song on the christians radio station that actually made me mad.  During this Christmas season it is SO SO SO easy to jump into the commercialized, materialistic, and self centered atmosphere that the world calls the Chrismtas season.  This new Christian song takes everything that the world focus' on and misses in my opinion the "reason for the season"

here are the lyrics

Christmas is music and family in town 
Christmas is snoopy and Charlie brown 
It's anticipating that snows going to fall 
And praying for someplace to park at the mall 
It’s mom going crazy cuz the turkey got burned 
It saying thanks for some gift you’ll return 
Christmas is caroling kids at your door 
It's paper and ribbon all over the floor 

Christmas is coming, Christmas is near 
I’ve been counting down the days all year 
Christmas is almost here 

Christmas is rooftops covered in lights 
It’s away in the manger, It’s a wonderful life 
Christmas is caring for those who got nothing 
It’s dropping your change in the bell ringers bucket 

Christmas is coming, Christmas is near 
I’ve been counting down the days all year 
Christmas is almost here 

Christmas is all of these fun things for sure 
But, Christmas is really, oh so much more 
It’s good news of hope for the whole world to because 
Christmas is Jesus 

Christmas is coming, Christmas is near 
I’ve been counting down the days 
I’ve been counting down the days 
I’ve been counting down the days all year 
Christmas is almost here

In 26 lines of music... 2....maybe 2.5 if one is generous actually touch on the gospel.  TWO!!!!!! What is wrong?!?!?! Why is a Christian artist playing to the mass assumption that Christmas is about stuff that has nothing to do with and is contradictory to the gospel.  Something is so so SO incredibly wrong here!

Christmas is the gospel

Christmas is God lowering himself to become man

Christmas is the coming of the KING of KINGS

Christmas is God with us

Christmas is a baby destined to die as a sacrifice

Christmas is grace given to the world

Christmas is the truth provided to man

Chrismas is overflowing mercy in a newborn body

Christmas is Magi being more sensitive to God's leading then God's own people

Christmas is an old man anxiously awaiting the coming of the Messiah

Christmas is a prophetess worshipping the son of God

Christmas is a virgin standing up for what is right

Christmas is the mystery as to how God can be both fully man and fully God

Christmas is the beginning of a permanent solution to depravity

Christmas is God's fulfillment of specific promise

Christmas is the provision of the one who will CRUSH Satan's head

Christmas is God's sovereignty even in the wicked plans of an evil king

I could go on.  Do you get the point.  Christmas has nothing...NOTHING to do with family.  Is family wrong.... no.  Christmas has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MALL...with giving gifts....with friends...with food...NOTHING Zero...zilch...nada.   Those are all great and wonderful things and I am thankful for the opportunity to have a break from work and spend time with friends and family.  But if presents, and family, and food, and shopping take the place of the gospel then what we call Christmas is truly just an idol taking the place of God.  Don't worship the idol of commercialized Christmas..please....

I pray that what we call Christian music would re-think what they are proclaiming to millions of people because it would be so easy to hear this song and completely miss the point...please don't miss the point...the opportunity to worship...