Three days and a wakeup and then it’s Christmas. Holy cow it’s climbing up fast! Just two more days and we get to start on
Christmas Eve. I think it is more fun
than Christmas day for me. To start,
Christmas Eve Masses are always magical.
Then there are the cookies out for Santa, tucking the girls all snug in
their beds, waiting for Santa ;-). It is
a night of Faith, belief, and true wonder.
The other night
we watched the movie Prancer. I’d never seen it before, and there was one
scene that touched me to my soul. The
little heroin of the tale was Motherless; we didn’t hear how Mom had passed
away except one little part about Doctors that lie. Her friend informed the little girl she no
longer believed in Santa. The friend’s
reasoning was based on she had never seen Santa. The little star replied “but you’ve never
seen God…” The little girl was crushed
when her friend said she wasn’t sure she believed in him either. You see, without God, there is no
heaven.
I get really
frustrated with the materialization of Christmas and I’ve never tried to hide
it. I also get frustrated when people
don’t want to allow the spirit of Santa Clause to go on. You see, I’m like the little girl in Prancer, if you don’t believe in things,
how can you believe in heaven? Santa
gives us a chance to teach our children a bit about faith, and the importance
of being good and giving. Santa himself
started out as a Saint, Saint Nickolas.
He is as much a part of the season as Christ, because he is all about
giving and love and doing for those much less fortunate than himself. Unfortunately, too many folks have found a
way to commercialize good old Saint Nick, but that doesn’t mean that he is to
blame.
I’m all for
faith and believing, and I am thrilled to be able to share the belief in Santa
Clause with my daughters, because as far as I’m concerned he is real, just as
real as our Christ, Jesus. Santa is
within us all, and despite the excessive commercialization, he still encourages
the gift of giving. What do you believe?
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