Because of some comments received, I want everyone to know my Santa post wasn't a personal dig at anyone who believes or allows their children to believe in Santa and neither was it a censure of the person at my church who mentioned it to my children. It was a general overview of something that I see as a global problem and I felt led to write about it, to work it out on paper for myself as I do everything else.
Because I take my faith and the faith of my children very seriously, when Jeff and I are convicted about something, we do something about it and I'm not ashamed to confess or write about it. I will be the first to admit when we've been wrong, especially when I've been wrong about something. We are imperfect people attempting to reconcile faith and practical living without going overboard in any direction. We still have much to learn and I'm prayerful that our lives will continue to change to prune away anything that entangles or hinders our faith or the attempts to bring our children to the Lord.
That being said, it is your every right to raise your children the way you see fit, just as it is mine. I stand behind every word I wrote, and want you to know that I merely broached the subject because it was heavy on my heart and I simply wanted to challenge anyone who read the post to carefully consider Santa's placement in Christmas, especially if you are a Christ-follower.
And furthermore, it is a reminder for me, and for Jeff, to carefully consider everything we do and why we do it.
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My children were taught about St Nicholas first. He was an actual person who had compassion and gave to the poor. We told them that Santa was a descendant of St Nicholas who gave toys to children who needed them. First and foremost Christmas is about Christ and the miracle of his birth, and each Sunday of Advent brings us closer to the manger, where he came to us in human form, frail, and a child.
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