Surrounded by idyllic portrayals of winter wonderlands and an overweight, jolly bearded man, with a magical sleigh, pulled by reindeer; we are flooded with countless enticements to overspend, as we try and fulfill the gift-giving requirements of this imaginary friend.
So caught up in the โ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐โ madness of the season; many well-meaning parents foist upon their unsuspecting children, the idea that this mythical character is actually real!
To be sure; there is ๐ข๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ก๐ who actually knows when youโve been sleeping, and knows when you are awake; who truly knows if you have been bad or good, and it is ๐ก๐ข๐ง the chubby guy in the red suit!
Is it any wonder that children have a hard time believing in Jesus, later in life, after having been spoofed, regarding the fat man in the red suit, and his com-padre, the Easter Bunny.
Now, donโt get me wrong; we all have traditions regarding many things; they are not all inherently wrong or evil. There are a host of traditions that we get caught up in; holidays, sports games, hunting and fishing seasons, hobbies, and a host of other things.
When it comes to Christmas, take a moment and tell your kids about the real reason for the celebration; it is ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐.
Do your best to tell them that ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐๐๐ต, and if you are courageous enough, let them in on the whole Santa and Easter Bunny thing; in the end, you ๐๐ก๐ them, will be glad!
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐, ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐;
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐;
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ,
๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ,
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐.
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐!