Christmas is not cute

The Birth of Jesus Christ is presented by our pop culture as something that is cute. It has become like a cult of cuteness. But as authors Viola and Sweet have said so eloquently in their book, Jesus Manifesto, the story of Jesus' birth, death and resurrection doesn't compute with cute. They go on:

• The Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin Mary to tell her she was pregnant, wasn't cute.
• Admitting to Joseph that she was pregnant wasn't cute. [In a shame- based culture as the 1st Century Jewish culture was, she risked being shunned or even being killed-Ed].
• The Magnificat wasn't cute (Lk 1:46-55).
• The little town of Bethlehem wasn't cute.
• The killing of the innocents wasn't cute.
• Jesus' genealogy wasn't cute (His lineage includes a rape victim, an adulteress, and a prostitute)~Jesus Manifesto:Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ, p75.

Please watch this favorite video of mine: O Little Town of Bethlehem, which presents Christmas in all of its rawness, without the tinsel, glitz and candy sweetness.