๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

When it comes to Christmas, take a moment and tell your kids about the real reason for the celebration

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 โ€œ๐—๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜†โ€ 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 ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ who actually knows when youโ€™ve been sleeping, and knows when you are awake; who truly knows if you have been bad or good, and it is ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง 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, donโ€™t 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 ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€.

Do your best to tell them that ๐—๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต, and if you are courageous enough, let them in on the whole Santa and Easter Bunny thing; in the end, you ๐—”๐—ก๐—— them, will be glad!

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€;

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€;

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ,

๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐—˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ,

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€.