LawrenceU
Puritan Board Doctor
Christmas is a bid deal in our family. After all I am half Christmas. (My mother's name is Mary Christmas, seriously.) Having said that, we do not do Santa Claus. I was never taught to believe he was real. He was just a joke to us. (By the way, I still get teased by my in laws about the way we pronounce it: Sanny Claws is close.) We were taught, and we have taught our daughter, about St. Nicholas and how the legends grew around his life. We do decorate the house. We are doing it right now as a matter of fact. We do hang stocking from the mantle. We do decorate a tree with nice things. We enjoy the time and focus upon God's grace, the blessing of family, and use it as a time to reach out to others in a special manner. (Folks tend to be more receptive at this time of year.)