No Destiny There Is No Santa Claus

<p>This delightful Christmas story is in the ilk of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”  Taking place over the weekend following Thanksgiving it involves a young family in Ohio.  Enjoy the twist and turns as they endure a blizzard secrets church duties a special dinner a terminal illness irate parents cultural acceptance and religious inclusion.  But the main theme is a special relationship between a father and his daughter.                      <br />            For Destiny everything in life is new.  And she can’t sit still for not understanding all that come into her young life.  She has a mine like a sponge which amazes her father.                                                                             <br />            This is about the true meaning and purpose of Christmas and why it is celebrate by a third of the world’s population; including other cultures which celebrate some form of Christmas and still other societies that have celebrations at this same time.  The story reveals half the world observes a religious event honoring God in some form at this time of the year.<br />            Rather than teaching children about Santa bringing gifts to every child they should be telling them the truth; which is we give gifts to our children in celebration of what God has giving to us -- “The Greatest Gift ever given”.  <br />            Through our hard work we are able to purchase the gifts we give at Christmas.  Why tell such a big lie to children and give the credit to this imaginary figure.  We’ve earned that credit.<br />This story ends with a lesson for the entire world.  Christmas is one of the greatest tools we have to bring the world together if we include all peoples everywhere.</p>