The following story I received via an email forward:
A woman was out Christmas shopping with her two children.After two hours of looking at row after row of toys and hearing them ask for everything they saw on those many shelves, she was feeling the overwhelming pressure that so many of us feel during the holiday season, and was relieved when she made it to the elevator.When the elevator doors opened, there was already a crowd in the car.Determined, she pushed her way into the car dragging her kids and packages. When the doors closed she couldn't take it anymore and stated, "Whoever started this whole Christmas thing should be found, strung up, and shot."
From the back of the elevator everyone heard a quiet calm voice respond, "Don't worry, we already crucified him."
For the rest of the trip down, the elevator was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.Don't forget this year to keep the One who started this whole Christmas thing in your every thought, deed, purchase, and word. If we all did it, just think of how different this whole world would be.
Just last night I heard Lee talking to Rosty about Christmas and why we really celebrate Christmas. He then told him the Christmas Story which includes Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus NOT Santa Claus, Rudolph and elves.
Don't get me wrong...my kids do get gifts at Christmas but they will grow up knowing that Christmas means a lot more than presents, trees, candy canes, etc.
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