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Here Comes Who?
Author: admin, Category: Quick stories
Welcome back to the weekly Skywaybooks.com blog. There is an annual holiday fast approaching and we all know what it is. The trouble is most people are forgetting what it really stands for.
December 25th is Christmas Day. In all the commercialism of the holiday, we seem to have forgotten about the true meaning of Christmas. I was listening to the radio the other day and heard a very popular Christmas carol called “Here Comes Santa Claus.” It’s a catchy little tune that everyone knows the words to and we all learned it when we were kids. I had never thought about it until this year, but a couple of lines in particular seemed to make me look at it differently.
“Bells are ringing, children singing
All is merry and bright
Hang your stockings and say your prayers
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!”
They got the say your prayers line right. However they missed the point on who is coming tonight. Are we celebrating Christmas or Santamas?
Those of you who are regular visitors to my blog or even those who are new to the site may be saying right now, “Oh no Marc is going religious on me and he’s going to get kinda preachy. I may need to cut out here.”
That would be a shame because the middle of my blog is where I really start to get my groove on. So if you have to leave I respect that. For those of you who stayed, thanks and enjoy.
I drove by a mall the other day and saw a sign that said Santa was coming on December 20th. Funny though, I didn’t see too many signs that said Jesus Christ was coming on December 25th. In these hard economic times, many families are worried about losing their jobs, their homes, not having enough food on the table. When times are tough, many people, Christians and sometimes even non believers often turn to prayer in desperate times. Who are you praying to? Are you praying to the fat guy in the red suit? How’s that working for you? When you walk through the store to buy your Christmas cards, do you pass over the ones with the scripture message inside or uplifting biblical verse, lest we offend anybody? I couldn’t possibly send those to the neighbours or hand them out at work.
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against the time honoured traditions of Christmas trees and egg nog and gift giving. When I was little and still was in the believing stage, I enjoyed the anticipation of you know who coming down the chimney. The spirit of the jolly fat guy has lived on for hundreds of years. This year though let’s just take a time out and remember the true spirit of the holiday and who was here first.
Have a Merry Christmas, peace to you all and a very prosperous New Year!
