Christmas Trappings II
0 comments | Posted by Steven Layson on 18 Dec 2011 in From Steve's Study ::
We started last week a short series looking at some of the trappings of the Christmas season. We’ve looked at the Christmas Tree & today we will be thinking about Christmas Lights. Here are a couple of others to get you thinking:
- Candy Canes – were purportedly designed by a Candy maker many years ago, with the goal of describing the gospel. Their “J” shape was meant to stand for Jesus, while upside down it signified the staff of the “Good Shepherd”; the hard candy represented the “Rock of Ages”. Even the coloured stripes had significance – the white representing the Virgin Birth and the purity of Jesus’ life, the three thin red bands the stripes of punishment Jesus received, & the thick red stripe the blood of Jesus that he shed for the whole world.
- Santa Claus – is based on a real person, Bishop Nicholas of Myra (in modern Turkey) from just before 350AD. Not much is known about him, except that he was renowned for his kindness to the poor, especially to children. Saint Nicholas Day was first celebrated in the Netherlands & became the traditional day for giving gifts to children.
I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas & I pray that God will richly bless you as you focus once again on the great gift of his Son, through whom we all can receive eternal life.
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