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This Christmas morning was much like the last twelve in our house. The children sat atop the steps until Mommy and Daddy gave the go ahead. Then they gleefully ran to see what new things had magically appeared beneath the Christmas tree! Their giddy joy made this particular morning a delightful experience for us as parents! Indeed one of the things we love the most about Christmas is sharing in our children’s enjoyment. There really is magic on this morning!
As an aside, I’ll bet God feels the same way when he sees us give our hearts over to the joyful wonder of the greatest gift the world has ever known, his Son, who arrived on the day we celebrate each Christmas!
[Now shhh, lean in close, I have a secret.] Laura and I once actually tried to suggest to our oldest daughter when she was still little that this Santa business was all simply a lovely myth, but she didn’t buy it. She listened, processed, and rejected our “revelation”. She insisted on anticipating a magical midnight visitor, who would arrive on a reindeer drawn sleigh with a giant sack of goodies. So rather than argue with our child, we shrugged and went along. Ever since, we have done nothing to feed the excitement, it has manifested itself!
Clearly our children believe because they WANT to. As I sat this morning watching the Christmas glee, I wondered if children really want to believe in Jesus as well, and if not, why.
The truth is, there are striking similarities between the two. Both Santa and Jesus are gracious gift givers. Neither asks for anything in exchange for the gifts themselves. 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God-- 2:9 not because of works, lest any man should boast.
I believe children also love Santa because he brings all good stuff, no bad. But the truth is, if they really knew Jesus, they would see that he is the same way. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
So why so much gleeful joy in anticipation of Santa, and seemingly far less for Jesus, truly the greater giver of the two? Well, perhaps we complicate the message of Jesus? Maybe we subtly tie his gifts to works, achievements, duties, etc.? Maybe we only tell them about nebulous concepts such as forgiveness, eternity, atonement, etc., rather than the immediate benefits they can enjoy NOW such as joyful living (1 Pet 1:8), help in all situations (Psa 37:40), provision for their needs (Acts 14:17), and even good gifts to enjoy now (James 1:17)!
Father forgive us for putting stumbling blocks in front of our children. May we please see clearly, by your Spirit, the truth of your grace, in our Lord Jesus. THANK YOU for the greatest of gifts, Father!! And may we please see our children run to Jesus in joyful anticipation, just as they ran to Santa this morning. In Jesus’ name, amen. |
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| December 25, 2007 |
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Ther's the solution Mike Prayer. We serve an awsome God who can and will compete even against MTV. I suspect your youguns will want to know what manifested in there Dad.
Blessings to you and yours. Christmas morning reflected in a childs face is still awsome. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| OH I think the Peanuts Christmas Classic really spoke to the Christmas Spirit. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| Dave, wasn't that Peanuts cartoon spectacular??? Do they make shows for kids like that anymore? (quoting scripture and all?) |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| This is great~My mom tells of a story of remembering her grandmother praying for her. That prayer taught my mom to pray for her children and now my sister and I pray for our children. Our moment-by-moment walk in this world would be so much different if it wasn't for prayer and our moment-by-moment walk with Jesus. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Wonderful blog!!! Loves the peanuts Classic !!! My Pastor watches it ever Christmas day( Tradition he told us)
God Bless |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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A couple of weeks back there was a broadcast that talked about how even in this country less than 200 years ago, Christians wanted to ban Christmas because of the anarchy that happened on December 25th. There were two influences that turned things around credited. You can somewhat guess at what one of those is based on the subject matter above. I never thought I'd be interested in history, but the more I read/listen the more I realize that things are not always what they seem. And things that we think happened a long time ago, happened not that long ago. Anyways... You can find the broadcast here. It's a two hour broadcast, but the "Origins of Christmas" is only appoximately the first 20 minutes. Absolutely fascinating stuff given what we think of today (in many cases) as destroying Christmas. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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I can so remember the mornings of Christmas so long ago when my children would come down the stairs with eyes falling out of their little heads. Ol' dad would be up at dawn setting up the lights to capture it on film and i would have to wait hours before the sleepyheads would finally roll out of bed. (not like when i was a kid) My son would sit on a chair in the living-room and squeeze his eyes like it would get him to sleep real fast. the laughs that rebounded over the home that night of nights. I would be up till just before dawn putting toys together and finding bolts (extras I guess) and, at one time. The brake for my son's "big wheels" ha ha!! I hid it and called the company the next day because the clip to put it on would have had to be taken off and it would not be driven that day. My girls with their dolls and "Easy Bake Ovens." The wrappers" flying in the air and the great laughs I will never forget. one Christmas, I went out to look at the roof and came back in claiming, Santa would never be aloud there again because of the mess his reindeer made on my roof. the look on my kids face was precious. I held back my laughter as long as I could.
The reading from the Bible was a given on that day though. I would never let them know reality.
There greatest memories you will have of your children. some day you will know just how blessed you are now. merry Christmas!! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Thanks Golden, those are indeed charming memories. Thanks for sharing!
Norm, I'll try to catch that video today, sounds fascinating (I love history).
Thanks Denise, Cheryl, Diana, and amen Paul! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| Wow. What great thoughts. Even Christ said that we need to approach with faith like a child. You are so right when you say that we complicate things. This is something that I've tried to foster in our children....the simplicity of faith....the simplicity of the "good news" of Christ and his sacrifice. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Mike n Laura,
In the last two years we’ve lost three loved one. My husband's father died living such a strong empty feeling in the family, and then last Christmas his oldest brother passed away. This summer he lost his only brother in law to cancer. The concept of death has been very hard for my kids, very hard. In my kids’ mind are so many questions: Why couldn’t Jesus heal them or protect them? You see... It is easier for a child to believe in Santa, because “WE” make sure that everything that comes from him is good and only happiness and joy is left after his visit. With Jesus, his joy and happiness is there regardless of pain, because pain is part of life. With Jesus, His love is unconditional, but there is an expected behavior of self denial, spiritual discipline, and sacrifice that is hard for kids to understand.
Mike n Laura, it is taking me many years to learn that God is awesome regardless of pain, and I’ve been a believer since childhood. I just pray that my boys learn to see Jesus’ love and mercy in spite of the ugliness of sin in less time. I pray they come to love and believe HIM for what He is “a Loving Father who gives the best gifts to His children.”
Thank you for this blog. Hope Santa was as good to you and your wife as he was with your kids, because I know Jesus was, is and will be good to your family, as He’s always been.
Have a wonderful 2008! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| Funny Mike, We had the same thing happen, yet with a different response. We really laid it on the line and told the girls very clearly that St. Nick was a man. Still one day Jamie says, "Mommy, do we have a chimney?" I said, "No." And she said, "Well then how can Santa get in our house to bring the presents?" I guess the TV was more convincing than Mommy and Daddy :) But we set it straight. Another star-worthy post brother! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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My baby girl (6 years old) asked a lot of questions once I got her to understand that it is Jesus' birthday. She asked "how old he is and is he going to make a wish on his birthday, and is he going to come to our house on his birthday?" I told her how old he was when he died for us and that he is always in our house and his wish is that we love each other and that everyone would ask him in their hearts and grow to know him more and more every day. Santa kinda paled in comparison to her fascination about Jesus and his birthday. Im excited about that. What an unexpected gift her fascination was.
Blessings to you. This was an awesome post. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Thanks Sue! Doggone, I'm telling you, there was sooo much evidence yesterday of the truth of Christmas, if my kids had wanted to do some simple mental sleuthing. It's just so darn adorable! I don't worry a bit that suggestions of Santa will one day make it difficult to believe in Jesus - the evidence for the truth of our Lord is about 1000 times better. Great post Sue, good to hear how your kids handle it.
Loren, great comment, thanks! I pray you find success in sharing the simple truths about Jesus. What's complicated isn't the Gospel, it's the situations our sins put us in....
Lourdes, oh what a meaty comment!! I too (mike) like you have been a believer since childhood, though I now question the authenticity of my own salvation up to my late 20's. And it seems that simple truths finally dawned on me after all that time. Why so long??? Didn't I want to believe? Maybe not. I suppose there were other higher priorities for me then. I'm so glad God finally got through to me.
There are a few things that make belief in Santa very enticing to children. He accepts their selfishness, and even feeds it. He doesn't ask them to follow him or give anything up. Santa only sees what kids want him to see (he asks them if they behaved all year, what trust!)...
But then, Jesus accepts us despite our selfishness too. Sure, he says to follow him, but don't we want to anyway once we've fallen in love with him, realizing how much he's done for us? And sure, Jesus doesn't take our word for whether or not we've been naughty or nice, but he befriended us in spite of those things he knows we've done wrong. Besides, God through Jesus has removed our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west (Psa 103)!! Is it better for someone not to know about our sins at all, or to know and love us in spite of them??? Seems to me the message is, both Santa and Jesus are wonderful, but Jesus is far greater! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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When your kids are a bit older
Santa Claus from and engineering prespective.
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There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world, however since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15%, or 378 million (according to the population reference bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.
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Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say, that for every Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000 of a second to park his sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which of course, we know is false, but will accept for the purpose of calculations). We are talking about 1.25 Km. per household, a total of 120.8 million Km., not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 1040 Km. per second....3000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 43.8 Km. per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 25 Km. per hour.
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The pay load of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds, even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them...Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch).
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600,000 tons traveling at 1040 Km. per second creates enormous air resistance...this would heat up the lead reindeer in the same fashion as a space shuttle re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporised within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 1040 k p s in .001 seconds, would be subjected to centrifugal forces of 17,500 G's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo.
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Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| A wonderful blog thank you for sharing your heart. I pray that our children will run to the arms of Jesus and receive all of the wonderful gifts He has to offer. Happy New Year. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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SSA, that's precisely the kind of thing we need to drive kids away from St Nick, lol
Lara, your dad really did that??? OMGosh! lol ...One year we donated a fake tree to a youth group that Lau.. and I were helping out with, it was a handmedown from my family, used maybe 15yrs. The youth leader wouldn't take it, he called it the ultimate Charlie Brown xmas tree!! I admit I was pretty offended....it was good enough for my family all those years, and good enough for Lau.. and I for a couple more! But alas, now I look back and laugh!
Thanks Cheryl!! And Honoray, I agree...Jesus is similar to Santa in some ways only far greater! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| Amen. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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| MIKE THIS WAS GREAT I COULD SEE YOUR KIDS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE WORD.....I MISS HAVING SMALL KIDS HERE ON CHRISTMAS MORN IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME WHEN THEY GROW UP AND MOVE OUT.....THERE'S SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT THE JOY THAT KIDS BRING WHEN THEY SEE WHAT THAT JOLLY OLE MAN HAS LEFT.......I EVEN MISS THEY CREEPING INTO OUR ROOM AND BEING JUMPED ON BY ALL THREE JUST SHORTLY AFTER GETTING TO BED FROM PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER..... |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Seeker SA, that comment of yours made me laugh and laugh it was so droll.
Santa is as wonderful and enjoyable as fairy tales, the Easter bunny and the Tooth Fairy for little kids. They need fantasy to develop their imaginations...they play and learn. That is their stage of life. But when they become mature, they put away childish things.
That is what is a little strange about America...we keep our kids in the role of children much longer than the rest of the world, despite their physically maturing earlier and earlier...with no significant tasks, no real responsibilities, no clear progress toward a rite of passage event and celebration of their adulthood...until they get married (and sometimes they remain emotionally and financially dependent even then.)
I loved reading the lore about Santa, even though I saw through the whole thing in the first grade.
It is part of the literary cultural heritage of Western civilization. MY heritage, despite all my fascination with India right now. But it WAS interesting to find out that the Pilgrims BANNED Christmas as Catholic based on paganism. (They were Puritans...opposites, vying for power in which state religion would dominate their country). My husband (who never forgets a fact) says Jesus was born in April but the Pope decided to change the birthdate of Christ to take advantage of the pagans who were celebrating on Dec. 25th...a sort of consolidation of celebrations. The Pilgrims also disliked the ostentatious Baroque organs and fancy, decorated churches of Europe...settling for simple unaccompanied singing of Isaac Watts rhymed Psalms set to a few hymn tunes they knew. Later in the Revolutionary days, instruments like the violin and harpsichord came over on ships, but Christmas still hadn't caught on. It was only until the mid- 1800s when parents started regarding children, not so much as little adults to be counted on as workers to maintain the family's survival, but as special blessings to be protected and nurtured.
A new concept! In the Victorian Age, Christmas trees laden with presents tied to the branches and lit by real candles for a short time, were made popular in England by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Santa was popularized in the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas" and we were on our way. |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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The big difference that I see between Santa's "gifts" and Jesus' gift? The first has to be earned and the second is truly a gift. Parents are forever telling their children, "Be good, or you'll only get ''switches or coal' or some other 'bad' gift from Santa this year." With Santa, we try to be good to get the gift. With Jesus, we need to acknowledge how bad (sinful) we really are in order to get the gift. No sin = no need of a Savior, right? As we believers know, the gift from God of His Son cannot be earned, although many religions promote that very idea. And I think that man - in his humanness - prefers the idea of earning it, rather than taking it for what it really is. By attempting to earn it, man gets to be in control. And you are right, Mike, that we often promote the concept of earning our salvation (or at least earning God's approbation) to our children through duty fulfilled, achievements, etc. I know I've done that with my kids in the past. When my kids were little, they got in trouble with two different neighborhood moms for telling their kids that Santa wasn't real. :-O (I had to tell my kids not to share their "no-Santa" sentiments unless directly asked!) We never promoted the idea of Santa. We wanted our kids to know that the gifts for them under the tree were given by real people, ie. relatives and friends and us, their parents, people who were willing to spend their money and time (on the shopping and on working for the $) on the kids just because they loved them and wanted to bless them in the giving. Isn't that the true heart of our Father? He gives good gifts just because He loves us, no strings attached! Most excellent points, Lourdes, re: the goodness of God and His gifts, regardless of what it looks like! Great Scriptures in this blog, Mike! Don't they just make you giddy with the magnitude of the gift they refer to?! He is awesome!! |
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| December 26, 2007 |
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Cj, thanks! Rachel, I really appreciate hearing from you!
Connie, very interesting input! I agree, in some ways America does keep our kids in the role of kids much longer than perhaps we should. Heck, some kids never grow up! They play video games well into adulthood, avoid responsibility, play play play! But the funny thing is....we dump adult subject matter on our children at younger and younger ages. Young girls are sexualized by the clothes parents allow them to wear, foul language is common in the young, smoking, gangs, and violence are commonplace, etc. Never thought of it before Connie, but there are some incredibly mixed messages there!! In the face of this, I'll take Santa any day! But better yet, give them Jesus!!!
Jen, that is precisely the kind of input I have learned to count on from you. Amazing insights! Especially liked "man - in his humanness - prefers the idea of earning it". This is really deep! And when you look at the religious landscape out there, it becomes obvious that this is true! Christianity is scorned, I'm sure partially b/c the ultimate prize is.......a gift!! You're right Jen, it makes me giddy! :-)
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| December 27, 2007 |
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Forgive me, I am a Dissenter. There is simply no connection between Santa Claus and Jesus. Absolutely no connection between Santa and God. Santa Claus is a travesty.
I come from a culture and environment, where Christian children in my church are very happy with Jesus and simply do not relate to Santa at all. In Sunday School, they are taught about Jesus and they have come to love the Bible, the Gospels, the Church and Jesus. Some of the children are born again. I have never seen a born again child relate to Santa.
Sorry for saying all this, but I need to keep the record straight, especially for my large evangelical church and many evangelical churches like mine. If some denominations are infatuated with Santa, that is their business and they will have to explain the Christ at the Day of Reckoning. But the hundreds, nay thousands, of children I have seen in my church and my assemblies over the years simple love Jesus [as He is in the Bible, and as some of them are experiencing in real life!]. I believe this is true of the believers in the large underground church in China also. |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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procyon, your comment is actually very encouraging to hear! I'm glad that the Christian children in your culture (specifics withheld) are so fascinated by the birth of baby Jesus!!!
I had thought Santa Claus' appeal to be universal, but I appear to be mistaken. Maybe he's only celebrated in certain cultures?
Also, PLEASE don't misunderstand what I (and others) have written - no one has said there is a connection between Santa and Jesus. The two are separate, unrelated persons. I merely drew certain parallels between them. In the USA, Santa is simply one of the symbols of Christmas, whose role happens to be exaggerated by non-Christians who don't share in the joy of Jesus' birth. I see nothing wrong with Santa playing a subordinate role at Christmastime, either.
ps... Dissenting is always allowed! :-) |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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| This is a great blog Mike, and very thought provoking. My second grade teacher told our class that there was no Santa. It made a lot of people very upset. I chose to continue to believe in Santa, because somehow, things magically appeared under the tree at Christmas. I didn't know who Santa was, and maybe he wasn't real, but someone put those presents there, and it was still loads of fun! |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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| I remember being told, as a new believer, how the name Santa was Satan (just scrambled) and Claus was Lucas (a form of Lucifer, also scrambled). :-D Insert "Jaws" or "Psycho" theme music here... |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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| Seen a comic strip for Better or Worse one time that had these middle school kids in a video store looking at the Christmas movie titles of all these scary perverse Santa flicks,and 1 video of The Charlie Brown Christmas & this group of 5or 6 kids excitedly,unanimoulsy chose the Charlie Brown video.Kids want something good and true to believe in,& it I think they will naturally pull toward God, especially if they are introduced to Him at a young age. |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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Thanks Deb! I would have been very disturbed as a kid if my second grade teacher pulled something like that! But that sort of reinforces the point I made...kids want to believe in Santa, despite the naysayers and the evidence...
Jen, that's amusing, but kinda sad too Satan Lucas, eh? Stuff like that is what gives Christians a bad name. (Yes, I can hear the music!)
racunpoodle, the younger the better!! I read one guide on parenting that emphasized establishing a child's spiritual foundation by the age of TWO. Like I always say, brainwash em if you have too, whatever it takes to reinforce wise choices and an eternal perspective in life. |
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| December 27, 2007 |
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We still have a Charlie Brown christmas tree~I love it; the tree leans and has duct-tape on it!!!
Great Blog!!! |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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That is sad Jen. I kind of liked a little Santa worshipping Jesus in manger sculpture I saw once. I think that reading of scripture by Linus is amongst the most awsome TV ever. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| The only Christmas CD we played at our Christmas Eve party was "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Love the music; love the video! I get choked up when Linus quotes the Scripture. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| Wow, there's actually a CD for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"? Cool! We must get a copy. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| I didn't know it until a postman in our post office told me.I bought Snoopy stamps one time and it came up in conversation.Turned out he was a Christian man & was having a rough day that day.He mailed me a copy with no return address,no name or anything.I was baffled for a bit,but figured it out eventually.All 5 of our kids agree& love the cd & they range from 3-20. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| What a lovely thing to do! |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| I do the "Charlie Brown" dance when the "theme" song comes on. You know, where they all just kinda bebop around, moving their shoulders and shuffling their feet... |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| Jen, we want to see a video clip of that!!! |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| thats gr8 you know now that they have faith. This is what the Bible means by "child like faith". |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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No, I'm pretty sure we don't want to, Mike! I've been known to do the same dance in a mosh pit, much to the amusement of my kids. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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Ooh, we'd rather see that video... "Jen in the mosh pit"! You truly are a woman of many talents! lol
(If you blogged the video, you know it would get a zillion stars!) |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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I don't think it's talent that gets someone to go into a mosh pit; more like stupidity, maybe? I'll only stay in the pit until they start shoving each other, and I've never been "surfing" in one. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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The thought of Jen in the mosh pit almost made me laugh out loud here at work. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| Just saw the above discussion on the Charlie Brown Christmas CD...Mike - if you don't have it...get it...it's great. We used to play it at my old job every year...I need to get it...I had it at one time but lost it. |
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| December 28, 2007 |
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| Actually, one of the people on my list,to look up when I get to heaven, is Bishop Nicholas. It will be interesting to hear his take on the holiday, his being taken out of context, and why people don't believe he exists.....I'm hoping Rudolph will be hanging out with Reepicheep, two birds with one stone, so to speak! |
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| December 29, 2007 |
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Loren et al, the Charlie Brown Christmas CD is now on our short list of music to acquire during '08! :-)
Dennis, I'm with you man! Don't forget the unicorns and centaurs!!! |
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| December 29, 2007 |
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| The CD was available at Starbucks year before last. They often offer the same holiday ones year after year, so you could very well find it there on clearance, iffins you ever hit a Starbucks... |
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| December 29, 2007 |
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I was just there this a.m.! But alas I saw no Charlie B CDs. :-(
An American thing? I don't know why Canadian Starbucks wouldn't sell CDs. Is it against the law in Canada to sell coffee and CDs in the same establishment? :-)
ps.... it occurred to me suddenly today, there was also a character in Battlestar Galactica named Starbuck. A connection? Forgive me, sometimes I am extremely slow.... |
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| December 29, 2007 |
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| I'm even slower, my friend. I've never seen Battlestar Galactica. |
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| January 03, 2008 |
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| Me either, Jen! Good blog, Mike! |
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| March 21, 2009 |
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| When I was in High School, back in the early 80's, I wrote a letter for the school paper, it was a Letter to Santa", in which I described how he has mislead many people, making a substitute holy day, and what a farce he was. The school paper published the paper, and I was ostracised immediately, I was even threatened to get beat up a few times. It is amazing how quick Christians stand up vehemently to defend Santa, but cower when the subject of Christ comes up. |
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| March 21, 2009 |
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Ya know Gary, I think you might have a really good point there.
My in-laws have the coolest Santa figurine I've ever seen. Santa kneeling at the manger of Jesus. |
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