What is Christmas if not a preparation for death?

"Many have drifted from their Christian upbringing but still confess the profound impression of the religion in their lives. I am one of them."

Here comes December again, clothed in fancy garbs of yuletide preparations, with the harmattan and the familiar, dewy smell its wind carries, and Christmas. Harmattan has promised to return over the years; the earth still insists on revolving and entering the solstice that produces grand stories. 

Christmas story. Many have drifted from their Christian u…