And I thoroughly enjoy giving gifts to friends and family. Further, I am glad to see families gather together in love and happiness at least once in the year. Moreover, I also cringe when I see parents and husbands withholding this opportunity for fun from their families. And I fear that hard feelings are needlessly created when so much good could be accomplished by taking advantage of the season. But if you detect here a warning against any legalistic spirit, then you are reading me correctly.
Legalism is deadly.
And I do wish many Christians would fear it more than they fear Santa. I have yet to see where the little Santa decorations in our house have hurt my children. But I have seen many times where legalism in homes has run children away. Personally, I'm not into decorations. If it were up to me to get them up, they'd be gone forever.