Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Meaning of Christmas...

We have a bedtime routine in our home where we read a book before we go to bed, and in light of the Christmas season, we have been reading Christmas books. Cayman picked out How the Grinch Stole Christmas last night. After finishing the book, I decided to have a conversation about the real meaning of Christmas, envisioning the conversation was going to be more of a re-teaching, much to my embarrassment, the conversation went a little like this-
Me: So the Grinch realized that Christmas wasn't about presents! What IS Christmas about?
Cayman: Santa!
Me: No honey, Christmas is not about Santa. It is about God's love and how he gave us the greatest gift on the first Christmas. Do you remember what gift God gave us on the first Christmas?(confident that I would get a much more "appropriate" response...)
Cayman: A Slinky?
Me: Not quite...

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