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Santa or the Baby Jesus?
( inspired by another thread ) or should I rephrase that as "The Coca Cola Santa vs the Baby Jesus "? which more represents the Dec 25th holiday to You ? Dec 09 12 11:28 am Link Garry k wrote: What's a baby jesus? Dec 09 12 12:04 pm Link Both? Dec 09 12 12:05 pm Link Santa Dec 09 12 12:06 pm Link Well Since Jesus was not born on Dec 25th.....Or Even Santa... Dec 09 12 12:06 pm Link Dec 09 12 12:13 pm Link Garry k wrote:
Dec 09 12 12:16 pm Link Neither. Django Unchained. Dec 09 12 12:47 pm Link Good Egg Productions wrote: +1 Dec 09 12 02:11 pm Link If I didn't have family obligations i would probably go for Chinese Food with my Persian lady friend and then catch the opening of Les Mis Dec 09 12 02:39 pm Link Coca Cola FTW. Jesus is the Easter Bunny. Dec 09 12 02:50 pm Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: when was Santa born ? Dec 10 12 03:30 pm Link Garry k wrote: I'm not sure which fictional character to choose from. I guess Santa? Dec 10 12 03:32 pm Link kickfight wrote: sort of reminds me of this gem of a Christmas movie Dec 10 12 03:34 pm Link Does it matter? The holiday has different meanings for everyone (and that meaning tends to evolve over time.) Attempting to categorize only serves to further alienate. Dec 10 12 03:35 pm Link Why not both, he could have been disguised as one of the wise men  and brought the baby a gift  Dec 10 12 03:36 pm Link Neither... I don't celebrate and worship storybook characters.  Dec 10 12 04:05 pm Link Santa kicks ass Dec 10 12 04:09 pm Link The birth of Jesus is our main focus at Christmas. My husband and I have agreed to not teach our children about Santa. Dec 10 12 05:00 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote:
Dec 10 12 05:06 pm Link Gianantonio wrote:
Dec 10 12 05:09 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: So no presents either? Dec 10 12 05:14 pm Link Cait Chan wrote: No we will exchange gifts but I want my children to focus more on giving than receiving. We will do things at Christmas time to give back to our community in the form of mission work. We will also read the Christmas story from the Bible to them on Christmas Eve. The gifts in our home will represent those brought to the young Jesus by the wise men. Dec 10 12 05:31 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: Good for you guys Dec 10 12 07:20 pm Link Gianantonio wrote: cy be rea n wrote: That does not look like a fun toy... Dec 10 12 07:32 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: What are you going to tell your kids when they ask who the fat dude with a white beard in the red suit is? Dec 10 12 07:34 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: do you mean like frankincense and myrrh ? Dec 10 12 08:03 pm Link In my opinion is they both are just another way for people to get money out of you. Dec 10 12 08:08 pm Link Gianantonio wrote: cy be rea n wrote: Gianantonio wrote: Dec 10 12 08:24 pm Link Gianantonio wrote: We will tell them of the tradition of Santa of course and that they need to respect other kids and their traditions. So it's not nice to go around yelling "Santa isn't real". But my kids will not ever grow up thinking Santa is real or that he brings them presents. They will know him as tradition and culture only. Dec 10 12 08:35 pm Link Garry k wrote: Ummm no my children will have normal gifts like any other child in this century. But they will learn of the gifts the wise men brought and why. Gifts in our house will be a representation of the Christmas story. Dec 10 12 08:37 pm Link Food is the star at our family christmas celebrations. Dec 10 12 08:41 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: But the gifts the wise men gave were direct preparation for the crucifixion. How can you square that with a new bike and a My Little Pony? Dec 10 12 09:21 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: good for you. I know you catch a lotta crap on MM about your faith, but I think you are on the money with this one. Have a great Christmas Season!! Dec 10 12 09:25 pm Link Lisa Andresen wrote: just curious if you have kids, or youre just talking about in the future? cause it may change your mind when you actually have kids enjoying santa claus. Dec 10 12 11:46 pm Link ...and for the rest of us theres also another option to celebrate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus Dec 10 12 11:52 pm Link I love the coca cola santa commercial from an esthetic point of view. But christmas is about the birth of jesus for me . Other than seeing that commercial on tv occasionally, Santa is in no way part of my christmas celebration. Besides, we already have Sinterklaas on december 6th which is celebrated everywhere here, Santa is not part of our culture and tradition, and I'm REALLY not liking how people are adopting the Santa thing here.  Dec 11 12 04:24 am Link Virtual Studio wrote: Ummm not they weren't they were to help Mary and Joseph escape. The gifts brought were very expensive back then and worth a lot of money they literally were brought for Mary and Joseph to sell so they could escape Herod. Jesus was already about 2 years old when this happened. Dec 11 12 07:12 am Link Garry k wrote: Only choices between the two advertising images dreamed up to re-purpose the holiday? Dec 11 12 07:27 am Link Garry k wrote: Neither. Dec 11 12 07:29 am Link |
