Big Bubba - The Holidays Threads Merged

[StinkerBell]

So what is the position on the board?
I have strong views on the subject and I am willing to share. However I am also willing to follow the consensus here for postings.

[Ladybug]

I think each mod should change their title to the name of one of Santa's reindeer when the time comes. :nod



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[lisa]

:spew :rofl

LB, that is the best idea ever!

I personally don't talk much about Santa or the Easter bunny to children.. I prefer to talk about the real reason for the celebrations. However, I'm not going to condemn families who want to have a Christmas tree, an Easter basket, etc. I think perhaps the board should encourage teaching the true meaning, but let decisions be up to individual families. I think we should also come down pretty hard on those that want to condemn people for their choices. Halloween falls in that pile for me as well.

Just my .02 cents. I'm happy to go along with the group decision.

[Biblenuggetlady]

So what is the position on the board?
I have strong views on the subject and I am willing to share. However I am also willing to follow the consensus here for postings.

You share me yours, I'll share you mine...:whisper

It's all I can do to make it one day to the next, I can't even think of 4th of July yet, much less the others. :lol2

[Todd]

I'm too old to go trick or treating.

Santa doesn't bring me gifts anymore.

If I catch the Easter bunny in my garden again,
I'm going to club him to death.

[StinkerBell]

My issue is with the Fat guy in the red suit, and here is why.

Santa is a very tangible thing for kids. Parents lie to their kids about this man who brings presents. The fat man is the focus of this holiday. You have the media along with the stores supporting this man. So, you have a community that will help a parent lie to their child.

God is not seen. God is not allowed in schools. God is not supported by the community like Santa, So If I am willing to lie to my child about Santa and they find out around 7 or 8 years old that I have been lying, would it be a far leap for that child to believe that I am also lying about God?

[StinkerBell]

I'm too old to go trick or treating.

Santa doesn't bring me gifts anymore.

If I catch the Easter bunny in my garden again,
I'm going to club him to death.
I would wait until the woman agrees to marry you before I share this tid bit.

[Todd]

I had some rabbit chew off the heads of my pea plants, so I'm still fuming.

[StinkerBell]

Oh......

Well that is different. I am sure when I get a garden of vegies going on the property and some critter comes and eats my hard work I will feel the need to smash their heads in.

:heh

[zzdust]

(Quick break from review information gathering)

The key thing for Easter, Halloween and Christmas is that there are two strong viewpoints, and for some strange reason it seems many Internet Christians (I'm going to start using this I think ;) ) end up polarizing into two camps:

Camp one:
I believe Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc is plain evil, and if you celebrate one of these, you are not a Godly person, so therefore you must be corrected.

Camp two:
I believe anyone who wishes to take Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc from their children is not showing true Godly love to their Children, and not celebrating Christ's Birth/Resurrection, and you must be corrected.

It seems somewhere grace is left behind as these threads turn into an "I'm a better Christian than you" game.