As I drove my 3 year old niece and 5 year old nephew to the mall for new shoes, we discussed Christmas. Christmas is Jesus' birthday; ok. Jesus helped a lot of people and we should be kind to others as well: check. So far so good and I felt like a great Aunt. Here is the tricky part. Sachin asks, "So is Santa Claus really Jesus?" "No? then what is special about Santa Claus?" "If we are supposed to give things to others, why are we asking Santa for stuff?" "Does Santa Claus ever die?" "why should we take our picture with Santa Claus?"
I tangled myself in the explanations of Christ, the St Nick that is now Santa Claus and the pagan traditions of trees and lights.....commercialism and doubt.
