Do You Believe in Santa Claus?

We are now living in the 21st Century. Some
people believe the real Santa lived Seventeen hundred years ago in the 4th
Century. His name was Saint Nicholas and he was a Greek Catholic Bishop of
Myra. He is also the primary inspiration for the Dutch version of Santa called
Sinterklass.

Father Christmas was said to
live in the mountains of Finland. He did not give gifts to children, but was
known for his good cheer. He did not wear a red robe, but a green one.

In 1897 a little girl wrote to the local paper and
asked if Santa was real. She wrote:
Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon
Well the Sun Times wrote back
to Virginia and said:

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in
fairies. . . Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the
lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there.”
The Real Santa Claus
If you asked me if I believe
in Santa Claus, I would answer absolutely. The “real” Santa gave us the best
gift ever – His Son.
The real reason we celebrate
Christmas is not because of Santa, or St. Nicholas or whatever you call him; it
is to remember the birth of the baby Jesus Christ.
In the Bible, John 3:16 it
says: “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son”. So Jesus
Christ is God’s gift to us. Do you remember the story of Jesus’s birth?
The Angle of the Lord came to
Mary and told her that she would have a son and she should call his name Jesus
and he would be to the Son of God.
Later we are told that Joseph
and Mary had to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem to pay their taxes. While
they were in Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to Jesus
In Luke Chapters 1 & 2 we
read about the Shepherds:
“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I
bring you good
tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels were
gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now
go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto us.
Joan
M. Olenycz tells us in the December 2010 Ensign:
“Heavenly
Father gave this gift to all of us, young or old, rich or poor. We did not have
to search the shops for it. It did not cost a single penny. The most treasured
gift of all was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. It was sent
to us with love from our Heavenly Father.
Our
Heavenly Father is real and so is his Son Jesus Christ. May we always remember
this precious gift. My hope this Christmas season is that we will remember that
the reason we celebrate Christmas because we have a loving Heavenly Father that
gave us the greatest gift of all, the birth of his Son Jesus Christ. Merry
Christmas to all.
Your
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