Jenn218 thank you so much for posting Begging for Myrrh - I have never seen this before - I loved this, wish I would have seen this as my daughter was growing up.
We never used Santa as part of Christmas. I never taught my DD that there was a Santa - because so many children worship Santa rather than Christ - Santa takes the focus off our Lord. Also, it sets up a horrible precedent where parents lie to their chiildren. When they learn the truth, they also learn that mom & dad lied to them. If you lied to them about this, somewhere they wonder what else isn't true that you say. Of course, Santa is everywhere - so we made Santa more like Mickey Mouse, Santa could be fun, but make believe. And she was strongly instructed not to tell other children he wasn't real - because it wasn't her job to burst someone's bubble.
To the OP - I'm sorry you hate something that was meant to be a gift to each of us. Humans have an awful way of spoiling things. I wonder if you don't mean that you hate the commercialization of Christmas. I've had a bit of hard time getting into buying - because it's so hard to understand how a day to celebrate Christ's birth became about digging a financial hole and stressing yourself out.
I was feeling bogged down a but this year - but I stopped looking at the ads, and decided to buy gifts from local retailers - they have more unique items that you can give from your heart rather than, I've got to buy that happens at the mall & big box retailers. But I don't have to spend a bunch, go all out to impress anyone. Do what you can, decide what is important to you and let the rest go |