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Christmas Explained: How the Holiday Began and Why It’s Celebrated Today

Christmas Explained: How the Holiday Began and Why It’s Celebrated Today

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Why Jesus Came

The apostle John called Jesus The Word Made Flesh in John 1:14. Psalm 107:20 says He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions. That word destructions can also be translated pits.  God knew we dig pits for ourselves and then fall into them.  He knew we need healing. He knew we need a Savior. In His mercy, He sent us His only begotten Son to rescue us.  Our part is…

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Christmas Explained

  This tract was written by the saints in the church In San Diego. Click the links below to download/read/view the tract in .PDF format. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3

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Santa must be a wizard. He delivers presents by Floo Powder and uses a Time Turner to do it all in one night.

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Santa and Jesus, explained

How to destroy the excitement of Christmas for 3 young children part 1: somehow I woke up with a productive streak. brewed my coffee, fed the cat, let her bulemic ass do the 5 min pukefest turn around, cleaned it up and announce we are going to get Tre's haircut at 8:15am.  get dressed, brush your teeth. you are all coming so hop to it.  emmy doesn't want to go unless we can pick up donuts. oh no ma'am. get ready and get in the car. she's whining. nooooo, I want to stay heerrreeee... no ma'am.  If I leave you here you'll last 5 minutes and then go wake your dad and I really don't need anymore of this insane grumpy crap. it's the holidays for the love of God.  really not in the mood for it.  but I waannnttt... OK. you know what. we'll get the damn donuts!! get in the car NOW.  I'm backing out and I start in.  first let me clarify that we are not getting donuts because you whined and threw your fit.  I was going to get them anyway because I don't feel like making breakfast, but you ruined the surprise and I told you. so. just so you understand this, do not think for ONE MINUTE that the little fit crap you pulled worked. OK. NO it did not.  and I should just get them for rea and tre as a matter of fact.  reagan says you could have left her home. yes, but again, she would wake your dad and I'm really not in the mood.  why does he get grumpy at Christmas?  you know what? I don't know. poppy pulled that same thing. every christmas. with the stress and the madness. grumpy ass that ruins the holidays.  but why??  because you know what..... AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD.... here's the deal. why do we have christmas? all three chime in. it's Jesus' birthday. right. and why do we care about that?  Jesus died for our sins. right. what does that mean? so we can go to heaven. yes. but why? why wouldn't we go. why do we care that Jesus was born and died for us? I'll tell you why. because we are all a mess. we are human so we sin. what's a sin?  they are just looking at me. here are the 10 commandments.  I spew them out. now. do you do any of those things?  those are God's rules of what you are not supposed to do.  do you lie?  wide eyes.. yes. right. so you broke the commandment.  if you die are you going straight to hell for breaking it? they now look afraid.  no. you know why?  because God knew you were going to lie and do things against his rules so he sent his only son to die so that we can be saved.  but we have to repent.  you'll learn about that later.  point is if you live your life and do your best to follow the commandments and you feel badly when you do wrong, Jesus suffered on the cross so that you can go to heaven. SO. we celebrate his birth. because he is the savior of our souls. he is the king of kings. what does santa clause have to do with any of this? tre says very matter of factly. santa and God are friends. ok. their friends.  but why does santa bring kids gifts if it's Jesus' birthday??  silence. because when Jesus was born in a manger, 3 wise men came and gifted this child. this baby. they knew he was our King. and all babies are gifts from God. so we continue to gift the innocence and beauty of children. because what were you before you came here? reagan says it. an angel. yes. you were an angel.  so you are gifted and that's santas job. when you are young. and not yet touched by the world. all babies are beautiful and connected to God. now. as you grow up, you start being affected by the world. you lose that pure innocence. you start doing things like lying. fighting. hurting eachother.  so NOW, not all children get gifts.  that's where curly the elf comes in.  he has to report on you because maybe you aren't doing well.  maybe you're on the naughty list.  and if you continue down the naughty list, santa may not bring you gifts anymore. so you better be on your best behavior.  he's not just going to automatically come anymore. you're not so innocent and "good" anymore. now santa has to bring every single 'nice' child a gift all over the world.  he doesn't have room to bring 30 presents for every child. he brings one or 2.  just like the wise men brought to  Jesus. each only brought only 1 gift. gold, frankincense and myrrh. so where do your other presents come from? have you looked at the tags?  no. well where do you think they come from? from you? RIGHT.  SO. this is a crazy time of year when parents are out buying gifts to make their kids happy. people go overboard. they buy everything anyone ever wanted. they run around acting crazy. no body is thinking of Jesus. all they think of is I have to have lots and lots of stuff under the tree. so it's all crazy and people are mean and pushing and shoving and yelling and it's expensive and stressful and THAT IS WHY DADDY AND POPPY ARE GRUMPY!!  but mommy. santa is going to come right?  I don't know. but I hope you are happy if you only get 1 present each. that's all Jesus got. and he was a freaking KING!!! the end!!