Christmas Toys

The world is becoming more and more specialized and trends for children toys are changing everyday. So, if you are thinking of buying any regular toy from the store shelf for your kids as a Christmas gift, think again. You might see your kid getting completely upset over your gift because it is just another thing that every body in his friend circle already has! Remember, children today aspire for new and unique products. If you can't figure out what to buy for your little prince or cute angel this Christmas, we have brought for you some popular choices from Christmas toy catalog for Christmas 2009. Here are few of them.
For Xmas 2009, you can buy action figure warrior sets for kids. Video games that involve battle scenarios are also loved by aggressive children of today.

Christmas Trivia

Christmas is one of the important Christian festivals, celebrated with great fanfare across different countries of the world. The festival, which commemorates the birth of Lord Jesus, brings with it good cheers that are spread. People living in different corners of the world would make it a point to visit their hometown, to celebrate the auspicious occasion with their loved ones. Although seasonal rush in shops and hospitality industry is customary, but when it comes to Christmas, the rush is at its maximum. Such is the importance of the festive season. While majority of us are well aware of the importance of the festival and the popular legends associated with it, there are many interesting facts that are little known. In the article, we have compiled a list of Christmas trivia.

Blessed Christmas

A silent night
A star above
A blessed gift of hope and love

A blessed Christmas to you!

May Your World With Warmth

May ur world be filled wid warmth,

N good chear this Holy season,

N throughout da year.

Wish ur Christmas be

filled wid peace n love.

Merry X-mas

A LOVING HEART Saying

No Greeting Card To Give..
No Sweet Flowers To Send..
No Cute Graphics To Forward..
Just
A LOVING HEART
Saying
“HAPPY X’MAS”

Love came down at Christmas

Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.

In this X-mas

In this X-mas,
In the daytime if sun shine so shall Ur expectations come true,
At night when moon comes out so shall U receive blesses,
then if rain fall so shall it going to carry all your problem away from U!
Happy Merry Christmas

Dreaming

I’m dreaming of white Christmas,

With every Christmas card i write!

May ur days be merry n bright,

And May all ur Christmases be white!

Happy Christmas

May Your World With Warmth

May ur world be filled wid warmth,

N good chear this Holy season,

N throughout da year.

Wish ur Christmas be

filled wid peace n love.

Merry X-mas

Christmas Jokes

Christmas is the time of making some jubilation and enjoying the beats of life on the carols of Santa Claus. So add some rhymes of joy and laughter in the day with funny Christmas jokes and woo the 'snow man' with your welcoming style. Check out the treasure trove of funniest Christmas stories, interesting questions, which will surely make you enjoy and limericks. So are you ready for the endless laugh and fun!

Funny Christmas Stories
Funny Christmas Questions-Answers

Funny Christmas Stories
1.On the last Christmas, the old man found it difficult to go out for shopping so he decided to send cheques to relatives and friends instead of sending presents. In every card he wrote ' Please purchase gift of your choice' and mailed it. After the festival he realized that he had received only few Christmas cards in return. Puzzled over this, he went into his room, intending to write a couple of his relatives to ask what had happened. It was then, as he cleared off his cluttered desk that he got his answer. Under a stack of papers, he was horrified to find the gift cheques which he had forgotten to enclose with the cards.
2.The Santa Claus at the shopping mall was very surprised when a young lady aged about 20 years old walked up and sat on his lap. Now, we all know that Santa doesn't usually take requests from adults, but she smiled very nicely at him and asked 'What do you want for Christmas?' 'Something for my mother, please,' replied young lady sweetly. 'Something for your mother? Well, that's very loving and thoughtful of you,' smiled Santa. 'What do would you like me to bring her?' Without pausing, the lady answered quickly, 'A millionaire son-in-law.'
3.It was coming up to Christmas and Sammy asked his mum if he could have a new bike. So, she told him that the best idea would be to write to Santa Claus. But John, having just played a vital role in the school nativity play, said he would prefer to write to the baby Jesus. John went to his room and wrote ' Dear Jesus, I have been a very good boy and would like to have a bike for Christmas.' But he wasn't very happy when he read it over. So he decided to try again and this time he wrote 'Dear Jesus, I'm a good boy most of the time and would like a bike for Christmas.' He read it back and wasn't happy with that one either. He tried a third version. 'Dear Jesus, I could be a good boy if I tried hard and especially if I had a new bike.' He read that one too, but he still wasn't satisfied. So, he decided to go out for a walk while he thought about a better approach. After a short time he passed a house with a small statue of the Virgin Mary in the front garden. He crept in, stuffed the statue under his coat, hurried home and hid it under the bed. Then he wrote this letter. 'Dear Jesus, If you want to see your mother again, you'd better send me a new bike.'

The Religious Aspect of Xmas

Apart from the fun and enjoyment, knowing the religious aspect of Christmas is equally important. As per the Bible, there is no set of rules or procedure, according to which Christmas has to be celebrated. Thus, there is an immense number of customs that surround Christmas, and it varies from country to country. Many aspects, such as the Christmas tree, the Yule Log and the exchange of gifts are taken from the earlier pagan holiday of Romans. In most Western countries, Christmas celebrations have both religious and secular aspects.

Because of the lack of Biblical instructions, Christmas rituals have been shaped by the religious and popular traditions of each culture that celebrates the holiday. Traditionally, the sacred Christmas season starts with Advent, which begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continues to Christmas Day. The sacred season ends on Epiphany, January 6.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS

Godmen appear on earth when the forces governing life take a course counter to the law of the integrity of the universe and the supremacy of the Divine Spirit. The power of the unity of life exerted by these noble souls influences the course of the lives of those around them. This influence may be felt consciously or received unconsciously, but its immanent presence and active operation is one of the grandest phenomena of existence, known to those who are alive to the glow of the spiritual light. Jesus Christ's incarnation is one such lofty instance of the descent of Divine Power for the overcoming of error on earth and the establishment of the law of Truth. The people to reform whom Jesus appeared on earth were ridden over by false beliefs, empty rituals and hypocritical practices in the name of religion. He came to make known the doctrine which is His that sent him, the law of God who rules the universe from inside and outside.

The doctrine of Christ is the system of the Supreme Consciousness, which is the highest Reality, and it implies the relative laws of what are termed here forms of righteousness. That is said to be righteous which tends to the conscious recognition of the Eternal Divine Presence. Hence righteousness consists more in spirit than in letter, in inward feeling than outward form, in psychological and spiritual attitude rather than ritualistic and traditional routine. And Christ came to bear witness to this righteousness underlying the law of the Truth. In essence, this righteousness consists in renunciation of appearances and affirmation of Reality. And all the stages that lead to this righteousness, also are righteousness. The whole of Christ's teachings abounds in this twofold revelation of the meaning of life. In the terminology of the system of Indian Yoga, these constitute Vairagya and Abhyasa. In fact, all saints have said only this, that phenomena have to be renounced, that the Imperishable Spirit should be contemplated upon and realized. Christ gives _expression to these truths in various ways in his life and in his precepts

Where Are You, O Saviour?

Jesus! Light of the world! My Saviour! Where are You?

For, in this dark hour when mankind rushes headlong towards its own destruction, there is urgent need for Thee!

Where are You, O Saviour? Have You not promised that You will never leave us comfortless and that You will come to us? This, indeed, is the time when you should reveal yourself to us so that we might follow You in peace and joy.

Alas, my Good Shepherd! Many of Thy sheep are lost. But, we don’t despair. How kind and gracious You are! You take a supreme delight in bringing the lost sheep back to the fold. Each lost sheep adds to Your delight. Come, come, there is great work and greater delight awaiting You.

Where are You, O Saviour? Temples have been built for You all over the world. Literally, there is no part of the globe where people do not profess to be Your followers. Truly, my Lord, the sun never sets over Thy Kingdom on Earth. But, alas, the very people who owe allegiance to You, have surrendered themselves to the evil hands of Satan. They seek to serve You on Sundays and mammon on the rest of the days.

Lord, if a man loves You he will keep Your words, and, the Father will love him and You will come unto him and make Your abode with him. Today people remember Your name but have forgotten Your words—the comforting balm, the invaluable treasure, the fountain of bliss, the nectar of immortality, the philosopher’s stone, that transformed man into divinity.

You had given us Your great Commandment: “Love one another, as I have loved you,” and You have shown us by Your own life that You could (and did) give up Your life itself for our sake. Not only is such love vanishing from the face of the earth today, but in his greed, fear and hatred, man is ready to cut the throat of his brother. Where are You, O Saviour? Come, come: ere it is too late.

Christ’s Divine Life

Light of the World, my heart’s adoration to Thee, Lord, and prostrations again and again in utter lowliness of spirit! Glory be to Thee for ever and for ever!

Lord Jesus the Christ IS; here and now! Christ is Eternal. He has proclaimed this truth to the world not so much by words but by His glorious Resurrection. Where then is He to be sought and found? He abides where Virtue is and goodness. He is enshrined in the Divine Life of Love, Purity, Truth, Holiness, Prayer, Ceaseless Service and utter selflessness. In the heart where shine the light of Faith, Devotion, Humility, calm resignation to the Divine Will, Compassion and a genuine thirst for Righteousness, therein is Christ present, vibrant, vitally alive and radiantly manifest. O beloved Brethren! be ye also like Jesus and you shall find Christ within yourself now.

Christ is to be lived by each of us. His glorious life is for the Being and the Doing of it in and through our self even as He was and as He did. Thomas A. Kempis was one of those great souls who declared this important Law of the spiritual realm in unmistakable terms to the world. If you would obtain the Kingdom of Heaven of Light, Bliss and Immortality then you have to be Christ-like in your life and actions. The direct and clear declaration of the Saviour Himself is no less emphatic on this point; for we have it from His own blessed lips, “Not every one who saith Lord, Lord shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven: but he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven.” And this Will of the Divine Father is personified in the Divine Being of Jesus Christ. To imitate Christ, to follow Him, to mould ourselves in His image and to carry out every one of His sublime admonitions in our life and actions is to do the Will of the Father in the most complete and most effective way. If you sincerely wish to belong to Christ, to be one of the holy circle of His Own, this path is the only way, for the Lord has said, “He who doth the Will of God is my brother, my sister, my mother.”

The greatest value, the real meaning and the deepest significance of Christ’s LIFE to us is the Being and the Doing of IT, i.e., in your being as He was and in your doing as HE did.

Christmas and New Year's Message

1952 "Every moment of our life is most precious. We should not fritter it away in useless pursuits, but devote it in the search of self and God."
1953 "Through His grace the long and tedious journey back to our Eternal Home is cut short and rendered full of melodious charm. His Gracious Love is overflowing, and He is waiting for you at the door back of your eyes to receive you."
1954 "Soul's stay in the body may be compared to a traveler who stays in an inn for the night and leaves it with dawn of the day and goes on his way ahead."
1955"...but the real Christmas will be celebrated when we really make up our minds to fulfill the aim of Christ's birth, viz., to enter the Kingdom of God within us, and bring the same on earth."
1956"Live by what He says, turn within and do daily meditation, and as sure as the sun rises every day, you shall become the seers and the hearers of' the Word."
1957 "Another year of our precious life has gone ..."
1958 ".. Let you be perfect as your Father is in Heaven.."
1959"There is suffering in the world, and men and women wander in darkness. In such a world let us go about giving love and compassion to all."
1960 "The Master-Power flows out alike and in abundance to all, but individual share in the bounty depends on one's receptivity and practice of the Word above everything else."
1962 "... Be not imprisoned in the jail of ' I ' and 'me'. He who hath transcended self, he verily hath attained to the Highest"...
1966"The present year is gone old. Let it depart. You need not worry. It had been kind to you--not so kind as it should have been. But God willed it so."
1968 "The scriptures are the fine records of the experience of the past Masters with self and God ... So long as their experiences do not become our own experiences, we cannot be convinced."
1969 "I wish you all God speed. The Master Power, God Power, Christ Power within you will be extending all feasible help and protection until you are completely attuned into the sweetness of your Father."
1970 "..'God is Spirit' -- moreover 'God made man in His own image'. The image cannot be but spirit"
1971 "... Those in search of God, are ultimately led by the God-Power to the feet of the Master-Saint - the "Word made flesh" - for the journey back to God"..

Birthday Messages:

1959 "Preach the Gospel of oneness. Spread the message of oneness and live a life of oneness. There will be peace on earth. This is the mission of my life and I pray it may be fulfilled."
1960 "...Birthdays are but arbitrary milestones of life's journey on earth..."
1961 "With longing in thine eyes enter thou within from without. It is in truth the central Message of every True Master. In thy own House you will see Him."
1962 " ... I send love to you all and request that you cultivate inner life shunning all madness of outer show. "
1963 " I wish you to 'simplify,' 'simplify,' 'simplify.' ..."
1964 "You Never Lose Anything When You Give"
1965 "A flower is known by the fragrance it emits...."
1966 "... for love is the root--love is the fruit of the tree of life. "
1967 "In My Heart I Have a Vision"
1969 "I wish to see you progress on the spiritual way and become ambassadors of Truth during the evening of my life--sooner the better as time and tide wait for no man."
1970 "..Let my words abide in you .."
1971 "Awake ! O man, 'Regain your Godhead' before it is too late. Most of the time has been frittered away in other pursuits."
1972 " BE GOOD, DO GOOD, BE ONE .."