We don't do the "Santa Thing" with our kids. We decided to just explain it to her from the begining that Santa is not real. He is based off of a man named Saint Nick, etc. The real reason for the season is the celebration of Jesus' birth. So every year instead of leaving out cookies and milk for Santa we make Jesus a birthday cake for Christmas Eve.
Today we started talking about what kind of cake we should make for Jesus. Esther immediately puts in her opinion.... "Jesus wants a Baseball Cake!"
I said, "How do you know that?" and after a little more questioning I got the entire story of why Jesus wants a baseball cake for his birthday this year.
The Nativity Story Up Until Now as told by Esther Ekpo
"Back when Jesus was born these guys came up to him with their backpacks that look just like mine, except they were for boys and they gave him presents that were pretty and smelled good. Then when He was 10, Jesus got to play baseball and he really liked it! On his 603 birthday he was living in Texas and God gave him a baseball for his birthday but NO cake! Because God doesn't make cakes. So this year, I think we should make a baseball cake for Jesus; he likes baseball and has never had one of those kind of cakes before!"
The End!!!!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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