I just thought I'd relay a couple of conversations with Jake about the upcoming holiday. Christmas, I mean, not Kwanzaa...
Last week, just after Thanksgiving (or maybe even right before), we passed a house in our neighborhood with a Nativity scene in the yard. This was obviously an old decoration, with faded colors. And it was lit...you might even say it was lit in a similar way to how Halloween decorations had just been lit in yards a couple of weeks earlier... Jake, who is five and is allowed to confuse his holidays, said, "Look, Mommy! Ghosts!" I told him this was a Nativity scene, showing the birth of baby Jesus.
This seemed a good time to open the conversation, so I added, "You know, that's what people celebrate at Christmas. Jesus' birth."
"It is?" He asked this incredulously, the way he says things when he's sure I don't know what I'm talking about. Then he added, "But what about Santa Claus?"
"Well, Jesus and Santa have the same message for people at Christmas, that we should love each other. They kinda do the same thing." (I know, I know, but he's five.)
Jake was quiet for awhile. Then he piped up again.
"I know that Santa brings presents, but what DID Jesus do anyway??"
WDJD: The new slogan for the skeptical kid...
Last week, just after Thanksgiving (or maybe even right before), we passed a house in our neighborhood with a Nativity scene in the yard. This was obviously an old decoration, with faded colors. And it was lit...you might even say it was lit in a similar way to how Halloween decorations had just been lit in yards a couple of weeks earlier... Jake, who is five and is allowed to confuse his holidays, said, "Look, Mommy! Ghosts!" I told him this was a Nativity scene, showing the birth of baby Jesus.
This seemed a good time to open the conversation, so I added, "You know, that's what people celebrate at Christmas. Jesus' birth."
"It is?" He asked this incredulously, the way he says things when he's sure I don't know what I'm talking about. Then he added, "But what about Santa Claus?"
"Well, Jesus and Santa have the same message for people at Christmas, that we should love each other. They kinda do the same thing." (I know, I know, but he's five.)
Jake was quiet for awhile. Then he piped up again.
"I know that Santa brings presents, but what DID Jesus do anyway??"
WDJD: The new slogan for the skeptical kid...
8 Comments:
Yah I guess dying for our sins doesn't really compare to getting presents to a 5 yr. old. Good luck explaining this one! LOL!
lol I literally started laughing out lol this time :) he he
Tracy has a good point on this one, at 5 yrs old the presents are definitely more important! Boy, you really opened up a big can of worms here huh? lol
Well Duh!! Jesus was like the coolest thing that walked the earth years and years ago!
He was magic and could perform really cool miracles!
Like parting the sea so the people could walk through it. He made water turn into wine (the stuff mommy and daddy likes to drink). He could even heal people when they were really sick with out even touching them! And then the people killed him and he came back to life!
Hey you know Jesus action figures are looking good to a 5yr old now! LOL
Some of that was Moses.
yes but Jesus worked through Moses so it wasn't really Moses
Jesus, the ultimate super hero hippy!
Jake is clearly not endorsed by the Baptist Convention. I think he's in good company. :)
Okay, people, move on. I swear, I mention Wal-Mart or Jesus and I get more comments than any other time. This blog is about my kids, ok?
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