The house is decorated, the presents are sorted, the food is prepared & ready to be set out. All I need is to put on some make up, dress Emily & have my guest arrive. It's really nice to be done early & not running around at the last second. As I sit here a minute and catch my breath from all the preparation over the last week, I can't help but think about how different this Christmas Season has been for us. We decided last year, right around this time, that the following year would be the last year of Santa in our house. Logan, as the oldest, had already figured out the Santa secret so it was really on the two little ones that we would need to tell. We waited till Easter time & let them in on the fact that all these mythical people did not really exist. We did it at Easter because the Bunny had never been big in my house. We had always made sure Easter pointed to the miracle that Easter was about...Christ, his death & resurrection. So as it was the kids didn't believe in the Bunny anyways, the tooth fairy sounded ridiculous (geez, Emily hasn't even lost a tooth yet, but it seems that I am a horrible tooth fairy) and then there was Santa. Emily actually took the news really well & wasn't the least bit sad. Kolby was sad & annoyed & couldn't comprehend why we would make up a lie only to have to tell him one day that we were liars. It wasn't a very good reaction, but pretty much expected since Logan had the same reaction a few years earlier. So we had lots of time to prepare before Christmas knowing that Santa wasn't real. I have to admit that I was really scared & nervous if by doing this we had taken the magic out of Christmas? Had we kind of ruined our kids innocence to believe in the unseen? It all sounds so silly now as I type. I mean really, believe in the unseen? Magic of Christmas? What was I thinking? What I have found this Christmas season is that we have been able to more accurately focus on the really magic of Christmas. We have focused on the real miracle that Christmas is about. The birth of Jesus, our Savior, in the city of David fulfilling the prophecies of our Messiah coming to rescue us. That is the truest of miracles, the truest of magic that we could experience at this time of year. As for believing in the unseen, well we do that every day of our lives. We believe in a living God & his Spirit that leads us. What we have seen is that with the absence of Santa we have not missed anything & the magic is only greater than it was before. Santa was our distraction from the real truth that was Christ birth!
I pray that you & your family are able to find the real miracles in this season of Christ birth. I pray that you have the merriest & blessed Christmas with your loved ones.
And if you've never read the story of Christ birth, I would recommend that tonight instead of reading The Night Before Christmas you read from the Gospel of Luke the story of Christ and his birth. It will touch your soul & open your heart to the miracle of Christmas.
Feliz Noche Buena & Merry Christmas,
The Pergola Family
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