Thank you to everyone who voted for my blog and the
soulsistas blog in the Nigerian blog awards. We won we won we won…. Yay!!!! God
bless you all! My excitement knows no bounds :)
So I have a dilemma…or I am a bit confused about an issue. Maybe you can help me.
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A little background, growing up my mum used to take us to
see Santa who is commonly known as Father Christmas in Nigeria. We went a few Christmas
till my mum got a “rev” that Santa wasn't biblical. So no more Father Christmas
for us. By that time I was already bored with the ruler, eraser, biro and
exercise book we got every year from Father Christmas anyway so I didn't think much of it.
We also put up a Christmas tree and Christmas decorations every year. It was always fun hanging Christmas decorations and lights as a family. In between it all, including the rice and chicken we ate on Christmas day my mum instilled in us the
true meaning of Christmas.
Now fast forward to present day, Bionic’s godfather took her
to go see Santa when she was 1 year old. I didn't think anything about it. She
had fun and took a picture with Santa. Last year for some reason I felt uneasy
in my spirit about the whole Santa thing, who knows maybe I was getting a rev
like my mum. Anyway she didn't get to see Santa.
Now this year, the talk of going to see Santa is back and so
is the uneasiness. I really can’t place it.
I make it a conscious effort not to get religious about things but at the same time I can see how easy it is
for Santa to replace Jesus Christ in the Christmas story.
Bionic is three now and more aware of Christmas especially in terms of decorations and lights and what have you. I want Bionic to know that:
- Whether she is well behaved or naughty Jesus still loves her
- Christmas is about Jesus coming to the world to save us from sin
- Christmas like any other time is the time to show love to others
- Christmas is not about collecting presents but sharing
- Christmas is so not about SANTA but JESUS
Sugarspring wrote in her last post- "The
fact that people replace Santa with Jesus on Christmas day and forget the real
representation of what that day symbolizes doesn’t mean it is OKAY". I totally
agree with her. Her post partially inspired my question.
It's bad enough that Christmas has been commercialized.
Ok so what do you think…? What are your thoughts on Santa?
Parents, are your children going to see santa? What Christmas values are you instilling
in your children?
Uncles and Aunties would love to hear from you too. I would
love to learn from y'all.
Thanks
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