I have been thinking about Christmas a lot lately. Not in the sense of red and green, elves and bells, presents and cookies, but the true meaning of Christmas - the birth of our Lord and Savior. It is such an amazing time of year. A time that everyone is nicer and world seems happier, just as our Savior intended.
Along with my thoughts has been sharing the true meaning of Christmas with those around me, especially our darling son, Soren. He is so little, but seems to already know and understand so much. I find myself trying to make more of effort to talk about the birth of Christ rather than Santa and presents.
While I don't think of this issue every minute, I am beginning to find others that have the "Santa Dilemma" too. Do you stress Santa or not really? Growing up, Santa was fun, but I don't recall it being a monumental thing. My favorite thing was putting cookies on a plate for Santa to eat, but I don't think there was a real fixation with the man in the red suit. I don't recall my parents really hammering it in that presents were especially from Santa even though the name "Santa" was written on the present label. Because of my own reflection, I don't know if I should I just let things ride out or be a little more honest about the whole Santa issue. I am not saying that I want to out right say "Santa does not exist", but rather not do much to push the Santa celebration.
I know this probably seems extreme, but I am tired of this beautiful season being over run with artificality. I want my family to celebrate the true meaning of the season. I guess I trying to find a way to make that happen in a culture that is so wrapped up in everthing else, but Jesus.
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