What’s something you do completely differently from how you were raised?
What’s something I do completely differently from how you were raised?
I strive to do a lot of things differently than my parents but the first one that came to mind with this prompt is Christmas and Easter.
In my house, we do not celebrate Christmas with Santa clause. I also do not tell my children it is Jesus’s birthday, as we believe it is his conception date.
Easter is not celebrated on Easter Sunday with a bunny that somehow lays eggs to find. Instead, we celebrate Passover and call remembrance to the passover that happened in Egypt in the book of Exodus, as well as Jesus himself becoming our passover on the cross.
I also do not tell my children that a tooth fairy breaks into our home at night and sneaks into their room to steal their teeth and leave them money. Nor is the elf on the shelf ever been an activity in our home.
While I know many disagree, it is my job to raise my children. Filling them with lies that take glory away from God in order to follow traditions of men is not a path I am willing to take.
Before anyone jumps in the comments with Acts 12:4. I suggest taking that paticular word back to the original languages from the manuscripts.
I think a lot of Christians realise that the birth of Jesus didn’t necessarily happen on Dec 25. Same thing with Easter and the celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. Those dates are arbitrary, but it good to celebrate both events some time. To equate those traditions with the tooth fairy is pretty insulting, in my humble opinion. And you’re committing the fallacy of false equivalence.
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I do celebrate Christmas and so called Easter but I leave the lies at the door. In my opinion the Easter bunny and Santa clause is no different than the tooth fairy. All are fictional.
In my opinion, the way Santa clause and the Easter bunny is paraded through most modern church is a disgrace. They should never be in a place of worship. They should have never been mingled with scripture because, just like the tooth fairy they are not Biblical.
My parent’s were the first people to lie to me. To teach me these lies and fill me full of false narratives. Forgive me for not wanting to be the first one to lie to my children or carry on my parent’s fairytale.
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There was a real St Nicholas, who became renowned for giving out gifts. I feel sure the bunny thing is pagan. Even the word ‘Easter’ is derived from something pagan. But it kind of stuck. It is what it is. A celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
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Indeed it does suck. Yes is is suppose to be a celebration of Christ’s resurrection, not the famous egg laying bunny. The bunny has clouded the true meaning and we have lost most of what it was originally made to celebrate. How many young Christians hear Easter and immediately think Jesus and the cross. The first thought is usually candy, eggs, and the bunny. To me that is heartbreaking and a huge stumbling block the modern church uses without thinking.
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Yes, the pagan influences can be disheartening. Best to avoid stumbling blocks. Interestingly, scandal means stumbling blocks.
So I guess people need educating against that.
We probably have more shared beliefs than conflicting ones.
I surprise myself sometimes, being more fundamentalist than I care to admit. Or should that be *conservative’?
Thanks for the thought provoking post. 🙏🏻
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Thank you for commenting!
I agree, we probably do have more shared beliefs than conflicting ones.
I appreciate you conversation and I am grateful for your overall respectful nature and open mindedness.
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