Christmas (as those on Madison Ave. see it) has become such a moneymaker, they have begun to fantasize what "Santa" does in SUMMER, you see. This is meant to prime you to begin getting consumed NOW with the "giving" season that is still four months away.
I, personally, am sick of the Idolatry of Christmas. I do, of course, believe that the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is worth celebrating (even though we don't know the exact day of His birth.) After all, He came, as Scripture says, to save His people from their sins, and as a sinner saved by grace that is worth celebrating to me!! Every single day of the year, in fact.
But Scripture also teaches that the sins He came to deliver us from include covetousness, anxiety, and gluttony, and these are clearly in abundance during the "Christmas Season." How do we honor Christ by indulging the sins He came into the world to save us from? Perhaps this is why the Bible urges us to remember Christ's death till He comes, but it nowhere urges us to celebrate His birth.
Most Christians would be horrified to see SANTA as the symbol of Christmas, and will slap on a "Keep Christ in Christmas" bumpersticker to feel like they've spoken out against the trend.
But if we use "Christmas in July" as a way to RAISE money, it's pretty hard to enlighten and persuade those who push Christmas in August in order to MAKE money.
In closing, I am not against celebrating Christmas on December 25th, but there's something "off" about prepping for it all months and months ahead of time. If anyone has read this far I am prepared to be called "Grinch" and "Scrooge" and I really don't care, my motto is "BE BEREAN," I have the Scriptures on my side and that's all that matters to me.
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