The Meaning of Christmas -- from the mouth of babes

Richard Beck has been musing about learning the meaning of Christmas from TV -- I think I'm with him -- some of the best commentary on Christmas comes from Peanuts, Rudolph, and also Scrooge.

I do think that this classic moment from the Peanuts Christmas special gets it right.

Richard makes these points, with which I'm in agreement, as to Charlie Brown's question: So what is the meaning of Christmas?

• I learned that Christmas was MORE and that it had something to do with
  finding community.
• I learned that, because of Christmas, there were no more misfits, no more outsiders or marginalized ones.
• I learned about empathy, compassion, and that Messiahs might be misfits.
• I learned about how community can be the route for the redemption of evil.
• And here with Charlie Brown, I learned that the humility of Christmas makes it oft overlooked and despised.