{"id":1337,"date":"2019-12-02T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/wp\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2019-12-05T07:01:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:01:08","slug":"copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTmas preparations in Year 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

contributed by Ms. Alison Debono, Year 6.1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas is\none of the most important feasts in the Christian calendar. Students of Year\n6.1 engaged in an activity which aimed at teaching them the importance of\nfocusing on the Christian aspect of CHRISTmas during this special time of the\nyear. Our society is often blinded by materialism. Therefore we have to teach\nour children that there is a difference between the happiness acquired from endless\ndesires for material wealth and spirituality which gives us long-lasting\njubilation in our hearts. This activity helped them to connect man-made\nChristmas traditions such as the Christmas tree, with its real, spiritual significance.\nStudents worked together to set up the classroom Christmas tree. Each student\nwrote their healtfelt prayers and blessings on differently-coloured paper\nbaubles. The students shared their prayers with their friends and as groups\nthey went to hang their baubles on our lovely Christmas tree. How rewarding it\nis to watch our young generations understand the real meaning of Christmas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhenever material things, money, worldliness, become the center of our lives, they take hold of us, they possess us; we lose our very identity as human beings,\u201d<\/p>
\u2013 Pope Francis, 29 September 2013. <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n