Joy and rejoicing are words commonly associated with Christmas. According to Webster, the words convey “1 a: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires: delight b: the expression or exhibition of such emotion: gaiety 2: a state of happiness or felicity: bliss 3: a source or cause of delight.” The Oxford dictionary simply describes joy as meaning, “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” Those are certainly understandable terms to describe the emotions and wishes of Christians as they celebrate during Christmas. I found that joy, rejoice and glad occur in half of the Christmas carols in our hymn book. I also found that these words and sentiments are also common in the secular world. It is still common to see joy, rejoice, and glad used in advertisements of holiday sales. The politically correct secular greeting for this time of year is “Happy Holidays.” That got me to thinking about the reasons different people have for rejoicing at Christmas.
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