December 5, 2011 – Catechism 1168-1173

It is interesting reading about the importance of Easter during the Christmas season (actually advent season, Christmas season technically starts Christmas day). For all the hoopla around Christmas, Easter is the feast of feast. I think it is easy to see the hand of the world in the importance of Christmas when you look at the attitude towards the feast around it. Dec. 8^th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Mary’s Conception, not Christ). After Christmas you have Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ. St. Nicholas on December 6 is also there. Yet you don’t see any of these really talked about. The world wants the Christmas season, but do they really celebrate the season. And where is all the celebrating on December 26. How quickly they take everything down (I worked retail for many years, I know how quickly the decoration are replaced with normal stock). Christmas is being used by the world to sell product. Maybe it is a good thing that Easter is not as “big” as Christmas. It still remains for most a religious holiday, even though the Easter Bunny is something, the commercializing is not nearly on the level of Christmas. This may be God’s way of showing His importance to Easter, by saving it from the over commercializing that has happened to Christmas.