Be filled with the Peace and Joy of Christmas

I extend warm Season’s Greetings as we mark yet another festive season on this earth and in our City Port Moresby.

As we get ready to step into the festivity marking Christmas, I cannot overlook the fact that we are also winding down the year. Christmas is therefore, an opportune time to be asking ourselves this question, how did we fare this year?

This is a significant question that we all need to ask ourselves to assess our respective situations and what better time to do so than on this occasion of the festivity of Christmas and New Year as a perfect time to reflect on our individual lives.

At this time of Christmas, I would like to encourage all of us to use the occasion as a suitable time for reflection and reconciliation. Let us reflect on the year, on how we managed and resolve to continue on with the successes and improve on the downfalls.

The essence of Christmas for love, peace and unity are fundamental to our livelihood and I cannot ignore these values but to stress on them as we celebrate Christmas. I strongly appeal that we reflect on these significant values of life this Christmas and make every effort to make them meaningfully applicable in life on this joyous occasion of Christmas, and every day.

It is my fervent hope that the meaning of Christmas as a time for peace, happiness and togetherness is strongly etched in the minds of everyone as we reflect on the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas or the festive season always brings out the best in all of us in celebration. But we have to have a reason to celebrate and certainly, for Christmas, the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ is the reason for the season.

This is a special time for celebration and our celebrations should be special in all ways with meaning and responsibility reflecting the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas is a perfect family time. A time of togetherness for families in love and unity and in joyous celebration in peace and harmony.

Let us come together Port Moresby as one big happy united family in a peaceful and harmonious society. Let us start this Christmas and reflect meaningfully with a lot feeling for peace and harmony in our city.

Let us celebrate joyfully, peacefully and harmoniously with our families and our fellow residents. Let us reflect on the true meaning of Christmas as a time of peace, joy and happiness in appreciation of the birth of our saviour, Jesus Christ.