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December 13, 2019 2:59 pm
Is the idea of Santa a sin? Should you completely stay away from santa? Today hear some of the callers thoughts on santa and whether to tell your kids about him or not!
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Now here's your host set up because the topic for today's yours and out today were to be talking about the big guy, and red. So if you have some little Bambino's around this might not be the best time to have them be a part of the audience. So there's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, warning that you know who is going be the topic of conversation today, but in order to kick that off, let's set the proper mood. Let's set the proper tone. I still love this song. I hope you do as well talk about laws mother so the world more misguided folks missed the lots on maybe so doesn't Santa take a little bit of that on happiness's mom on Christmas morning. I would happen if we all tried to be like set. Maybe we can all learn less. Maybe that would finally be more like okay I'm pretty sure you guys know the rest of you not know you know how it goes. You know the new sleeping is in your waking you been bad or good be good for goodness sake. This is the noblest. He knows our annual once he or conversation on Santa Claus. To put it bluntly this year like a massage. This little bit of a little more nuanced, not really in a nuance in current mood today but I'm in a good mood and I'll mention that here the second but do you think doing the sandblasting is a sin putting that in as simple a term as I can and I'm not interested in getting in a fight with you on the air. I would love you to call and explain what you do in your family. I would Santa Claus think maybe you've gone through a Santa evolution like I did with my family several years ago, which at the time wasn't super popular with our oldest is now 24, but at the time Hayden was like 10 and I just came to the conviction that continuing to perpetrate the falsehood that is the way we put most of us play Santa Claus. I'm not talking about St. Nicholas was a real person and I'll share some of that information before were done with the art of and talk about playing the game of the Santa at the Santa Claus game is going to come on Christmas Eve. Overnight slipped down to the chimney through the exterior heating apparatus. Whatever it is you have in your house to bring all kinds present for the little good good girls and boys and where you draw the line.
I don't know what Santa Claus is deal and is that I just became one of the conviction that I was just lying to my kit talked about it with my wife.
She was like yeah I mean we are growing in our faith and we just came in to that conviction that we rely is fun.
It seemed innocent but a lie is a lie's ally God hates lying lips and so advance that the December we just put into it and so we told her 10-year-old who probably went to the backyard and cried at the swing set for little while Bobby survived and is grown into an exceptional young man so it's okay so that's my question for you.
What's the deal will Santa Claus do you think doing the Santa Claus thing with your kids is a set or the not just good clean, healthy, fun, no big deal light up.
Steve get over it gets a few different articles here then adeptly before he finished show. Probably the fourth segment.
I found a great article little more information than I'm used to finding about the actual St. Nicholas himself on to get to that because that's quite an inspiring story for all this but wanted open up the phones to you today for our annual Santa Claus conversation is doing the Santa Claus thing a sin. What with the sin be the summer. Quite simply be why so that's my question for you and if you still do it again. I'm not backing up to get a book in my tassels, my really long tassels my really wide phylacteries and start beating on the ground because I disagree with you. I've no interest in doing that, especially in the air. I would doing perfect and that person either, but I'm curious to see what you do with Santa Claus thing. How do we apply a biblical worldview to Santa Claus. 866-34-TRUTH 87884. Would love to hear from you and maybe you've done some changing in the city didn't know you don't LACK to get from your families.
Every year we usually have somebody calling 866-348-7884 that takes some grief from their family. We got some of that from some members of my family when we decided we were done with the Santa thing and we were in ruin in all the kids Christmas time and there is nothing else going on, and so we just can't ruin the whole thing but is that really what it's all about why Santa Claus belongs in your Christmas that's up from that was that was up a guest blogger in Christianity today.
John Piper, Pastor John Piper. You know how to do the Santa Claus thing another another article blog from some folks that change your mind, but my question for you is what you do a Santa Claus thing is quite general and quite dead generally.
Frankly, is doing the Santa Claus thing is it just an outright lie, which means that the sin you tell your kids he's coming he's bringing presents and he's gonna make it all around the world is that assistant or is it not because it just good clean fun. 866-34-TRUTH 87884 866-34-TRUTH 87884 866-34-TRUTH what you think will Santa Claus thing as a Christian. Let's go to Patrice's gone and from Durham, North Carolina hey Patrice, Merry Christmas, go ahead. Probably a couple years well anyway probably 10 years ago we stopped. My daughter is 20 now know that what we discovered. It didn't matter lying behind Christmas holiday or into a printing it would like. I felt like a light had been turned on had as a child.
Talk you are like gospel and truth and show even as an adult I did continue the tradition and I don't know how that back from it and I got more problems and taking it back from doing the tradition fan from anyone else and it very odd to me that it holiday ended by Christian land. Really, the Lord what to do in remembrance of him and those things that he told remembrance of him shouting from the right actually not for Borat.recently I got it. I think you can't break things.
I think for being our personalized machines that talk about Santa Claus sin or seen what's the deal. How do you handle is 866 34 truth will be right you, your family, C- 12 days till Christmas day and appreciated Patrice going in earlier just talking about the guy in red and white so if you have some younger members of your family that are around the gathered around the old radio machine there in the house today might not be the greatest day for you to have them be a part of the show because were talking about the big guy in red and you can buy. Guess which direction were coming at it from. Again, I'm not here to attack you or your family are tradition the way you do Christmas just trying to apply biblical worldview to the question of Santa Claus and should we be doing in and every passes out on Dr. Dobson Focus on the Family if you're old enough, you know about Dr. Dobson. His got a hero the faith for a while still is for a lot of people. A wise great man done so many great things, but he took the position that it hit doing the same because thing is just fantasies like playing Batman or Superman. When your kid no big deal except I disagree with that because the event of you.
I tell your kid was there. Superman Superman is actually real drill Superman.
There's a real Batman.
There's a real that's not fancy Esther fly fantasies him to pretend to be a fictional character right that's fantasy, I'm Superman you put your locate bond and jump off the couch. That's fantasy telling your kids. There is a Superman is a different thing right so do we apply that the Santa Claus that the way we should approach Santa Claus 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and maybe you changed.
Change it up like we did, my family, we got some grief from various people because we decided to dump the Santa Claus thing with some Santa Claus things around because there's a tradition. There point faxing Nicholas who is a great witness for Christ in the things of Christ. So I'll get to that, but in the show but would be curious about how you look at Santa Claus.
Do you think it's a sin.
Everything is just fine.
Some clean simple little fun. Steve, lighten up. Don't be such a Pharisee, 866-348-7884 866-34-TRUTH again.
Just a reminder, I have no interest in beating you up on the air or trying to be Mr. King of the debate team and trash you on the air that I am no interest in our our witness as followers of Jesus Christ is far more valuable in the public that is our ability to win an argument, so if you don't agree with me and you do the same thing else ask you why and if you ever have a issue with that. I think you probably know your misleading maybe you don't. Maybe it's simple for whatever you think willing to have Jan there today would love to hear your opinion. 866-34-TRUTH is always 866-34-TRUTH. Let's go to Mason's gone and from St. Louis a Mason Merry Christmas to you. Thanks for: go ahead. We were here, but we've got your message bro thanks for that.
God bless you. Merry Christmas. Great to hear your voice.
Hey, we do not celebrate anything but the birth of Christ, not about giftgiving about the gift given you down and go why he was born why you had to be born why we should be grateful for. Did you ever Mason when you grill growing up as a little kid did your family when you grew up. Did you ever do this the Santa Claus thing for me because I will write an apartment my grandpa with the pastor out of the home with family and were encouraged doing the major thing playing golf with people that do red dollars 70 and five or six years old to realize that my parents were buying the parties so wired to be good for some stranger to reward me earlier preteen years because I learned that time but it was like Larry was fake.
Maybe you have got everything was right and follow the miracle local water was working fuel to all for my time because of church played the world the world the world generally right but we don't got married there will that is the basis of the faith. That's why Jesus came to testify to the truth and it seems to me that the Pathans been tested every one of his followers. You and myself concluded. It is great hear from you. Hey man, thanks for listening to the show.
Thanks for the call yesterday. I'll follow up on Monday and I look forward to talking you are you and is a blessing of ocular Merry Christmas grade-point ends. It could be confusing to kids right to Nancy's going to Winston-Salem outlaws Nancy so we can move on that Merry Christmas Nancy*you can stay online for long, but we appreciate Collis galore is going in right here my backyard.
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Everybody be patient, seven, eight, nine minutes okay but Sheila relax. Merry Christmas, 866-34-TRUTH 87884. Is it a sin to do the Santa thing 866-34-TRUTH lets go to Wade calling in here North Carolina wage honesty. Thanks for gone Merry Christmas go at night for me walk all our order Santa Claus which you can do is also high it back to St. Nicholas where the giving alike the chimney thing and everything came from was that in parts of Turkey and also in Greece. She was Greek from a wealthy family and his parents passed the young age he basically gave away his wealth and mainly how we got the Santa Claus situations getting started was during the Roman Empire. If you were a poor family and you had a daughter. You know you have a problem because you got your daughter married you gave a dowry to the new young man your daughter to start their family spatially starts her home and their living in their food and sustenance and that kind of thing that's where that came because he would throw galleries at night over the wall as a lot of them had walls around the right throat of the wall so the Mary that got the daughter to get married and start having families. You got what you had children and grandchildren. So when they were told they could take care of the grandsire as a way to then how do you weave the story St. Nicholas with the modern-day Santa Claus in the claims of what he's doing honey how you can handle at your house won't I get handle and is it basically you know when they get older and you done with the Santa Claus thing you Lane about Nicholas. That's where they get Santa clause from the second part of Nicholas Claus. We have it in German faith is centered sure and nickname for Nicholas Clouse thundercloud Loma Linda bring a girl American is valid. Santa Claus is easy, but you tie it to the fact that he was selfless and giving to others and that's why we should give it Christian replied that the church so that the poor will be able to have money from the church pastor of the physical and spiritual needs.
You just let it grow into it so that you can go so it's not the Easter Bunny is really based on something that was real and refreshments of the spirit of an old Catholic priest that was wealthy to gain his wealth away to the poor during the Roman empire? Just because were up against the breaker to second mask will more questions you look for that any kind had the okay to me today about St. Nicholas in your house was, that was the story that Santa Claus going to come is going to bring your presence is that the way you did that before you told him about St. Nicholas. Yeah, it's because they're too young to door bowl that you eat, you can tell them that yeah yet another name for closet St. Nicholas thing and you just kind of feed that info down the Goldberg neighbor says that you look back on that when you look back on that when I pose the question, are we deceiving our kids always not telling the truth that we lie in a line to let you think that you would you agree that yes or no is quick. I don't think applying it was used corporate got in the way things were gone. And Merry Christmas things from my 80s rock 'n' roll song course.
Love is and always on time but see the close of the miraculous is every good kid on the planet. But where to draw the line there. I don't know.
But then in one night he's going to deliver their presence to them on the sleigh with some flying reindeer and of course when they get into the physics of all that you find out that's actually physically possible and stand out in the reindeer including Rudolph Welborn because she just can't travel that fast. You literally got some minutes miraculous bubble of the block and the work on adding one thing to another. That's where just asking the question with some love with some respect today is it is it a lie to play that game to do the Santa thing. So if you have little kids around. This is a great day for them to be a part of the show. I understand that and just trying to so my job to come into rearrangements going on in your family this time year. That's between you and the Lord were just having a conversation in a jump back to that.
I got Michael and North Carolina got Orlando in High Point and I got Elizabeth here in Raleigh north going to get you just second just wanted to acknowledge something early this earlier today I finally finally graduated. Praise the Lord with my Masters degree in ethics, theology and culture here at Southeastern Baptist theological seminary's. I just wanted to take the opportunity to think all my professors, namely my ethics professor, Dr. Chaim Bock is the head of the program Dr. leader Baca Dr. Jones who also knew me been very patient and encouraging over the years to about nine years for me to finally cross the finish line. It took about three years for me to finally sit down and write a 50 page research papers that I can finish so they but all been very gracious.
I love my family here at Southeastern and nine Southeastern comes under attack here and there and in and pretty much all of that is baseless or taken out of context. I love the seminary love the leadership of Danny Aiken is a great blessing on the show theology Thursday which we been doing for years and so that that's all just a huge blessing. I felt very privileged very blessed very honored this morning to build gradually with that just praise the Lord give all the credit for giving me the ability to do it in for my four kids and my wife who were encouraging me and especially Amelia are 21-year-old is very much like me. So you can imagine that combination back in January and praise the Lord for our kids because there once in a while men they can really help correct things for willing to listen. A generous daddy gonna finish got all the classes done right. Get this paper knocked out and you have your Masters degree which is awesome get a finish she would never let us get away with that. Oh boy, here we go.
So thank you Amelia I love you. Thank you for that challenge and that encouragement of my wife and although Mike is like my dad.
You can do it a couple fall starts this year and if I got praise the Lord for that. Just feel tremendously blessed with God is next. Anyway, this wanted to mention that today here on Friday the 13th talk about Santa Claus and the four segment him and I go through so what are callers think that earlier was sharing some of the history, St. Nicholas, something else, something he accosted somebody in the name of the Lord, which is really cool.
I do know that part of the story so get four segment for taking your calls now are we every wrong relying we deceiving when he did the Santa thing had a handle, your family, 866-348-7884 or 866-34-TRUTH I limit good Elizabeth is gone, and for all. Elizabeth thank you for calling. Thank you for being on hold.
Sorry to keep you there for so long. Merry Christmas.
Go ahead, Merry Christmas and congratulations and thank you thank you I can't prove my faith have come to think that I have a conflict with it. For this reason, your kids are little and were trying to find that and is that we don't really have an he's always clear that at the same time and closet yellow and we never get to see my and our kids.
What God does not kill me now back on that point the child that I've told my you know that I want to believe in Jesus and I sent them out with their faith like so now I have yet to get to the point they could possibly ever offers and different before they get out of the hot chocolate. Talk about the Santa and all the act giving and our Christian world view.
Being able to help others and you know that you know it is that we over to the park by keeping an caring which I now I hope that make that transition should really emphasize the is and as they come in any way for me that if I think the dichotomy set up by making the class and on no real we have to we we set that ship a sale for years in and it's really on it with little kids and presence, especially when it's all about Santa because he's the he's the source of all these awesome things are going to get. On December 25 and then we got a credit turn that ship. Eventually, an NFL and the fact and in the question for some people is, is it really a sinful kind ally when, where, well-meaning adjuster and has findable there aren't any conditions on lying in the Bible lies lies nine now yeah and we have to be willing to deal with that and and then if you change course.
It's difficult but I appreciate that your taking the time to crank out. Thank you for bringing this up and talk about absolutely. Thanks, Elizabeth God bless you have a Merry Chris care thanks you Thanks bye-bye let's jump over to Michael Cullinan from North Carolina, Michael llama Steve, thanks for calling. Merry Christmas, go right ahead I grew older we had we celebrated my wife did not believe our children are or the oldest being nine. What we are. What do what we thought it was very alive and you have the heart is not the is it edifying. Luckily, predate Nicholas -like attribute.
Generosity we can find on Christianity which is the reason why was because of Christ.
So I don't think it necessary that we did we would develop their voice.
Kelly know about was why other family you are Christmas so they don't all that. If you a lot of awkward moment people thought about every store you believe that you, a smile that we can affect the daily know why.
If I give you, but I think the situation where you attribute a lot of pain there. I think our Savior with someone who is fantastical present faith that they could really for child understand 20 what is realistic yeah I think that's a great word and I think that's a lot of wisdom there and especially St. Nicholas were emulating St. Nicholas at some of that makes me think of Paul Paul's like, hey, follow me, but only as I follow Christ. When I point to seeing you nothing to Jesus Christ, where it was the ultimate gift giver. It's Jesus is not St. Nicholas think Nicholas is worth is only as good as his reflection of Jesus Christ and so why go to why go to a somebody down the line when I go to the source of all goodness in this Jesus Christ himself. That's a great point Michael. I appreciate Cullinan record, I meant Merry Christmas you to think so much since jump over to Orlando Condon from High Point, North Carolina Orlando llama Steve, thanks for calling Coronet Merry Christmas right away think that I am not a great I know is not funny when you lighten up a great deal of liquidation is all I grieve that. So how would you apply tradition to the whole Santa Claus because we are fighting the spiritual people do not understand the even people in the church when it comes down to Christmas to be feasible to be canceled think the name thinking Vogel think this gifts the spiritual for churches they celebrate Halloween. It is we have to pay attention really what is it what is not weak from their own weekly chart and having come visit if the world is doing and I mean oftentimes Orlando and I got a greater point oftentimes in the world still in it like okay will will will kind of come alongside that and that will explain that were not exactly doing what the world's doing or doing something a little different, and sometimes maybe would be better for a witness, just ignore what the world's doing and just propellant. Proclaim a crisis Artie done exactly that way we will think it's a challenge. They were very much happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas back to you think so and always appreciate when you call. Have a great Christmas and happy holidays. That's all of them thought we had a great Thanksgiving. Hope you have a great Christmas. We can certainly knowledge Hanukkah that's great story and happy new year to you. Happy holidays. All that stuff is always counsel the source okay. I used to be ready to go to war with the store this is.
Happy holidays. This is a Merry Christmas and I got got woke me up one day say a steep yes Lord, what kind of fruit is going to fall off a lemon tree well let me think about that when we pray about his 11 so why are you worried about lemon tree drop in limit people laws that they don't know Christ don't get it. This is presence fun food. Whatever is concerned is noble and noble show will be right back usually goes on and on. The big guy and renders a couple of little articles on the one on the positive side, one of the negative side, and I want to share with you about a really neat article last week or so friend shared on Facebook from Ligonier ministries, which is that the ministries are. She scrolls now with the Lord started. This is an article they put out a year ago St. Nicholas in the origins of Santa Claus which had some more information about St. Nicholas that I hadn't heard before. So only to that.
So we all know who were talking about in this holiday and I but here's one there's a blog or the slight Christianity they they were for it why Santa belongs in your kids Christmas. Some Terra hearing Christian parents use that Satan anagram St. Nicholas in St. okay I get that part. But what about cynical. So in this blog.
I say that Santa Claus embodies Christian values such as kindness, generosity, forgiveness, every child soon realizes that even if they have not been perfect all your Santa comes through what we tell them right.
Don't be good and you'll get stubby bed works. Santa brings to gifts to children both deserving and undeserving. They don't think they will think like that I was ever found this article while Santa is not a Christ figure that must be clear, the Santa myth is not the problem. The problem is that we have let let advertisers hijack Santa turning Christmas and a refill event. If you would just cut to the chase.
If you tell your kids that Santa Claus is coming to your house to bring them toys you are I okay fish kids around trying to lower my voice. That's deception even if it's one quote just good clean fun. Zona says the Bible got his lying lips, unless you're just having some good clean fun.
That's okay, no, no baseline. Why was the father lies that Satan who is truth. Jesus himself said, for this reason I was born John something for this reason I was born 1780 in this reason, I came into the world to testify to the truth. Truth matters because it's the in the essence of who God is. Okay I go this John Piper thing is deftly not a Santa Claus man went on to give Nancy a chance to chime in here. Nancy, thank you so much for calling today.
I appreciate it right under the wire. Good timing and Merry Christmas to you, go right ahead that helper and I'll get it right. Danica and I like you know like when he read grant we are using concrete thinking you write your first year he cleared his thank you Nancy, thank you for thinking things were gone.
And Merry Christmas. Thank you so much talk to Levi and that's that's you get on the road and the legalism.
I talked with my ethics classes yesterday. High school students about the oh what about the hard rock music, rap music and music with some questionable lyrics. What about that and in I was like well depends on your level of maturity depends on where it takes your mind to present what does your spirit can I listen to some rock that's not Christian and and it doesn't do, and it doesn't harm me taking on the wrong road. I can do that.
I have the liberty to do that freedom to do that. But is it necessarily helpful as a postdoc about all things are allowable. Yet all is freedom, but all things profitable and if you if you mirror and I told this is just the way I handle my students said let's listen you to be careful what you're marinating like a shock of solo remember things as it's all of you like steak okay if you don't think I took and you okay let's say I take a great piece chicken or great piece of steak I put in a bucket for a month and marinate it in your gross right right exactly 9 a month and I cook that steak what's going to taste like where the ticket was get a taste smell like was going to taste like, well, you think you're right. That's disgusting right exactly so will you learn what's the lesson. Be careful what you marinated exactly boom, there you go, and we have to be careful about that understand the thing and and again fantasy. I will fantasy books with you hand your kids a fantasy book and say by the way this happened is real will. That's obviously misleading your life if you love okay here's a fantasy book which means it's fiction, but is really neat story some great lessons you can learn here. I'm not the hard and fast one that Satan can't read this Camry that I can read the Bible and because you I can teach out of just about anything in this lesson to be learnable because God's truth invades all kinds places, but to tell him the Lord of the rings. This actually happened. You should read the stories like history will Abhisit's life is John Piper on cynical he just comes right out of the gate. Jesus came at Christmas to seek and save the lost. To save sinners to give his life as a ransom for many. Not to call the righteous, but sinners to destroy the works of the devil, that through death he might destroy the one who has power death. So the birth of the son of God, the very God very man is simply stunning and glorious and infinitely serious and overflow the happy news. These are called the good news of great joy, great joy, not small joy a little bit of joy, a great joy to is mind-boggling to me. John Piper writes that any Christian would even contemplate such a trade that we would divert attention away from the incarnation of God, of the unit of the God of the universe into this world to save us and our children. Not only is Santa Claus not true. Jesus is very truth himself compared to Jesus. Santa is simply pitiful in our kids should be helped to see that Santa Claus offers only earthly things.
Nothing lasting, nothing eternal. Jesus offers eternal joy with the world through then the fire engine is thrown into okay so John Piper white wine. The world you substitute in Christmas any attention. Why would you pull any attention from Jesus. At this point is a good sure you would agree. Cynical is an origin Santa Claus alleged buying Santa Claus and St. Nicholas. The fourth century bishop of Miro. This is from licking your ministries or she scrolls. Nicholas was born in modern-day Turkey to a rather wealthy family losing his parents at a young age. Nicholas dedicated both his fortune and his life to the Christian church very quickly.
He was appointed the Bishop of Miro on the southern coast of modern-day Turkey. These were days of persecution for Christians. One of our callers mention this Roman Emperor Diocletian, who reigned from 284 305 hated Christians and stuffed Roman jails full of Bishop Nicholas spent the first two years of the fourth century in jail and faced routine beating the next decade. Constantine legalized Christianity. Nicholas was set free as the legend goes Bishop Nicholas was present at the church's first echo medical counselor. Constantine's summer palace in Nicaea in three 2500 bishops gathered there and there was this one guy areas who denied Christ Dede at one point Alice, this is really pretty entertaining, but Nicholas I one point while Arius was addressing the council's heretic Nicholas his rage got the better of him. According to some of his biographers, Nicholas stood up across the Florida areas and probably punch him in the face, which I say for the assault.
Nicholas found himself back in jail again after counsel. Constantine granted clemency and restored Bishop Nicholas to his post and so he was wealthy right came on wealthy families.
Parents died when he was young, the year of his death is uncertain, but the month is firmly believed to be December is the story of his generosity spread the stories of his life grew and grew. He was becoming legendary in the sixth century of church was dedicated to him and named him for him in Constantinople's image was depicted more in the Middle Ages than any other, except those of Christ and Mary no longer Bishop Nicholas. Now he became St. Nicholas in his feast day would be December 6. One of the legends around Nicholas concerned is getting dowries which at my caller mentioned that as well. Earlier to young poor girl so they would be able to marry to reflect that legend images of him carrying bags bulging with gold coins began to appear. Susie, how were moving along as a legend move northward.
The story takes an even more interesting turn. In Germany the tradition arose of giving gifts to each other in the missing Nicholas so too in the Netherlands.
The Dutch word for him became center cloths the German word eventually became Santa Claus.
The celebrations of giftgiving occurred on December 6, the anniversary of his death, the gift of gold coin was highly prized and showed great favor. Even Martin Luther would come to play a role in the legend. Luther wanted a Protestant alternative to the Roman Catholic practice of celebrating the feast of St. Nicholas Stella giving gifts in the name of Santa Claus on December 6 Luther started the tradition of giving gifts in the name of the Christ child Krista Kendall on Christmas. He, perhaps in this, we have another argument for Protestant kids everywhere as to why they should be allowed to open at least one present on Christmas Eve that's funny Luther love Christmas. He wanted to be a celebration of giving around the supreme gift of the day born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem as he preached in 1530 quote Hugh lies in the virgin's lap as our Savior. Give thanks to God who so loved you, that he gave you a Savior unquote Christmas evolve from the word Krista Christ mass the celebration, the incarnation of Christ, fixed by tradition as being on December 25.
The word Luther coin Chris Kendall also evolved over the centuries would become Santa Claus's other name you guessed it, Chris Pringle, separate of Luther's to move away from the Santa Claus tradition inadvertently veered right towards typical mankind.
So we have a story Santa Claus. Interestingly enough, St. Nicholas and his legend began in the early church. The stories build their way to the Middle Ages maven made an appearance at the Reformation those stories to live with us. To be honest tell the truth. Christ is enough prices better prices over enough for us this month to lower your apps on my business to come in and feel of your family.
Family Guy and red but God is truth. Jesus all about truth came to testify to the truth. Seems to me that we should be on track to St. I love you guys. Merry Christmas. Have an awesome weekend willing, we'll talk again real soon and like always she is