The reason for the season is is darkness and death. The light the dawned on this world came from the outside, because the internal structure of creation was steeped in chaos. Jesus, as this light, did not come into this world to deliver us from our biggest physical problems. If that were so, he failed. No, Jesus came to deliver us from sin - truly our biggest problem. Jesus saves us from a pointless Christianity, from a pointless Christmas. Imbued with such purpose, we are to walk in the light; live as children of this light; shine the beauty of this light before all people.