Get ready for Winter Solstice not Chirstmas :-)

For most parents Christmas is a time where they ask children want they want; they get this huge list to give to Santa and then those parents rush out to get as much on the list they can!

So Todd and I ask the girls what they wanted this year and both children gave us a list of three things each. I couldn't believe what had just happened! My girls weren't screaming I want 1 of everything this year. Just 3 things and they weren't 3 things of junk. Both of them really thought about what they asked for and all of the things on their list are educational.

Christmas has become a time of what can I get this year instead of what can I give. Santa was created out of that very thought, a man woke up one morning and said how can I give to children to show they are just as important as other children. When Christmas was around centuries ago it was a pagan holiday for the Winter solstice; they would bring trees into the home for luck during this period. There was no Santa, no snow man, no Christmas lights either. About 25 years later the churches wanted to govern the holiday (solstice) and turn it into a time where they could get more people into stores then tax items higher and earn more money for the churches. This was a time when churches had ownerships in many businesses. When Christmas was turned from a time of understanding the creative energy of the Winter Solstice into a time of Jesus birth (who by all accounts was born in June) we started seeing more people spend money on things that held no value and forgetting all about Jesus. And Jesus was the man who taught others it wasn't about material gain in this world.

Winter Solstice is a time when we understand the moments of creation OUR BIRTHS. When we use the energy of the Winter Solstice for good and for complete grace in our lives this is how we become so blessed by God who gave us this time for a time of reflection. WOW how many times was that said by Jesus, what a neat way to remember his words. Do we really think Jesus would be happy knowing we all got broke as a joke not learning one thing he came to teach us? Now I am not saying we can't give to each other and I am not saying that day needs to be in Jesus name how vain that would be? His teachings should be with everyone daily anyway no special day needed. What I am saying is get your loved ones things they NEED don't go BROKE and look up ways to learn and grow with your family during the Winter Solstice. Google gives tons of ideas on what do to for it and man you may just have some real fun while you grow spiritually. now that's what Jesus would want!

So to my children of 3 gifts, thank you for showing me that Christmas is so much more lol IT IS SO MUCH MORE