SANTA AND GRANDPA [An annual repeat] [W, 12-23-20]
As Christmas approached when our granddaughter, Brigid, was four years old, she said to her mother: “You know, Santa and Grandpa are a lot alike. Santa has a bald head, and Grandpa has a bald head. Santa has a white beard, and Grandpa has a white beard. Santa brings you toys, and Grandpa brings toys. But Grandpa is better, because he stays and plays.”
Yes, I tell this story every Christmas, for it is, I think, the best explanation of Christmas that I know. God is not just some Santa, rushing from one place to another, making a brief stop on the roof of the world to throw down a few goodies. In Jesus, the Christ, God stays and plays.
Merry Christmas!
John Robert McFarland
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