You can take a look around at just about any home, store, office, etc and see holiday decor. Everyone seems to be readying themselves for the holiday season. There are snowmen and Santa Clause and trees dressed in ornaments and reindeer antlers...but what about Jesus???
Since He is truly the reason we should be reverencing Him, every day of the year but especially during this time of year if you are truly celebrating CHRISTmas. Satan goes to great strides to distract the world during this time; depression hits, store sales are at their best, stress develops, and parades designed to highlight the main attraction, Santa (put that "n" at the end and what do you have?). There are classic "Christmas" songs and movies that mention nothing of Christ. People even get tired of writing Christmas and decide 'X'mas is better. WAKE UP!!! There are two different celebrations going on here. As Christians we need to stop trying to blend the two. Satan was thrown from heaven for wanting to be like God, it only makes sense that he would try to steal the glory during this time by any means necessary. You may think its okay because you are not actually saying that you worship Satan but what are your actions showing???
There are some things that are reverencing Jesus during this time. Beautiful songs like "Oh Holy Night" , "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World" are wonderful reminders of the Prince of Peace and the purpose of his birth. There are also some decorations that were created to reverence Him. One in particular is the candy cane. It was created in the shape of a J for Jesus and in the colors of red for the blood of our Savior and white for his pure virgin birth into this world. It is also the shape of a staff when turned over to represent the Good Shepherd.
The Lord says His people perish for lack of knowledge. Be not deceived! Don't allow tradition to block your vision. And don't lie to your children by saying Santa is real, then get upset with them because they pick up this same habit. A lie is a lie no matter what it is, but which seems worst, having a child lie to you about sneaking candy into their room or you lying to them about a man in a big red suit leaving presents under a tree that was once used as an idol ( Jeremiah 10:2-10 ) during the time of year that is supposed to be about our Lord? God blessed you and whomever else with the resources to get those gifts!! Don't give credit to Satan!
