For tonight, instead of a Christmas memory, I will finish up with the Christmas Stories, so that way I can start a new Christmas story on Monday night.
"True Meaning of Christmas" (continued)
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a CANDY CANE and hunt it on the tree. "Teach the children that the candy can represents the sheperds' crook. The crook on the staff helps to bring back strayed sheep to the flock. The candy cane is the symbol that we are our brother's keeper." He reached in again and pulled out an ANGEL. "Teach the children that it was the angels that heralded in the glorious nes of the Savior's birth. The angels sang Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace and good will toward men." Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL.. "Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return. Santa looked back and was pleased. He looked at me and I saw theat the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, "Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but a humble servant of the One that is, and I bow down to worship him, our LORD, our GOD." MERRY CHRISTMAS
"The First Christmas" (continued)
But that silent night, as the wise men dreamed, God told them that Herod was not what he seemed. "King Herod is filled with jealousy, and he means to have Jesus killed heartlessly. So listen well to this warning I say, and journey home by another way." Then an angel appeared to Joseph one night, to tell him his family should also take flight. "Hark," sang the angel, "pack up and flee to the land of Egypt till God calls unto thee." So Jesus was saved to teach of God's glory, and that is the end of the first Christmas story.
Starting tomorrow will be the story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and The Night Before Christmas. I hope you are starting to feel the spirit of Christmas. I know I am.
Love,
Sara McMurdie
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