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		<title>The Greatest Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A television interviewer was walking streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Christmas shopping is a very big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, &#8220;What is the meaning of Christmas?&#8221;Laughing, she responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. Is that the day that Jesus died?&#8221; Sadly, there was some truth [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HZViIQ8z5JA/SUqrSdCfe6I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/grOkVR2ldt4/s1600-h/gift.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281221846566402978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HZViIQ8z5JA/SUqrSdCfe6I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/grOkVR2ldt4/s320/gift.jpg" border="0" /></a> A television interviewer was walking streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Christmas shopping is a very big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, &#8220;What is the meaning of Christmas?&#8221;Laughing, she responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. Is that the day that Jesus died?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sadly, there was some truth in her answer. Christmas is always a stressful time of the year. It shouldn&#8217;t be really, but with all the end-of-year functions, family get-togethers and Christmas shopping, Jesus can easily be neglected, and the &#8216;reason for the season&#8217; distorted.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christianrenewal.org.nz/renewalyouth/the_greatest_gift.pdf">Click here</a> to view the study in PDF format.</p>
<p>God bless </p></div>
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