"Christmas and New Year's will soon be here,
and what plans are we making in reference to them?
The people in general celebrate the professed anniversary of the Saviour's birth,
by feasting and merriment,
and by making gifts to earthly friends.
Time, thought, and money are devoted to these things,
and Christ and his cause are neglected.
The very day chosen to honor Christ is devoted
by the many to honoring and pleasing themselves.
Appointed to keep the Saviour in remembrance,
it is spent in causing him to be forgotten."
Signs of the Times 1887 E.G.W.
Whether therefore ye eat,
or drink,
or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31