Santa
Claus has become one of the most popular, widely accepted and unopposed
myths ever to be successfully interwoven into the fabric and framework of
Christianity. It is a fact that
Christ was born, and that truth
should greatly rejoice the heart of every Christian. But the Santa Claus myth
distorts the truth of Christ's birth
by subtly blending truth with myth . Children
are impressionable, and these figurines may look cute to them, but it
is damaging to their mental health simply because it is a lie and lies
can wreak havoc in a growing child.
The trust of our children is difficult to gain, and easy to lose, so
we ought to be careful with what we teach them.
It was extremely revolting for me when I across this image on the
web ( left ). This is how christianity has been portrayed distortedly when merchants are left to their imagination in churning out more items for sale to a gullible audience.
As if that wasnt bad enough, I found out that merchants are also selling other more ridiculous items, on Amazon ( below ). Some people are bound to buy these figurines which will just spur the toy merchants in China to get more creative next year. Its just going to get worse and out of hand. The celebration of pagan christmas is like a runaway train - and Christianity will have to pay a heavy price unless they disassociate themselves with this festival
Some mothers may call me Scrooge saying, "Don't you think we should give the children a good time? They
don't understand all the paganism behind Christmas."
But here's the thing folks : Is it
necessary to drag the holy name of our blessed Lord down to the low level of
fleshly gratification to show the kiddies a good time? Why should we dishonor the name of Jesus in such
a manner under the pretense of showing the children a good time? There are 364
more days in the year during which we can give gifts to our children. God's
Word says that we should bring our children up in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord (see Ephesians 6:4).
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