After going through the fall of the cabal i kept getting this feeling that Santa was only created to distract us from Jesus during Christmas...No other religion has this, same with easter and a fucking rabbitt
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The reality of what everyone is celebrating is God becoming man; the Word becoming flesh. God in man lived a human life, went into death, and came out as a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). In the Spirit are all the riches of Christ, the God-man. The riches of Christ include all that God is, because the fullness of the Godhead dwelled in Him bodily (Col. 2:9). Along with all that, He was a man living out God in a human life, and He was a man who was raised from the dead by the eternal Spirit. When we are regenerated, we are joined to Him and become one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).
Then the agape love of God, which was ultimately expressed by Christ laying down His life for His enemies, becomes the love in us, even for our enemies. This love is a "pouring out" love. This love was expressed by brother Nicolas and many others in their care for others in need. This is what people call, "the spirit of Christmas." Really, it is the love of God, embodied in Christ, brought to us by the fellowship of the Spirit, and lived out through us.