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Of course it is!
Of course it is!


Christmas was never about paganism to my parents, to me or my kids.  
Christmas was never about paganism to my parents, to me or my kids.  But many followers of William Branham love to throw a wet blanket on Christmas.


It was about time spent with family. Christmas is about spending time interacting with family and participating in traditions together that build memories, writing them on the pages of their hearts.  We were taught that non-Christians used Santa Claus to take the focus away from Jesus Christ.
When we raise our children with the emphasis on Christ and family, then '''traditions set forth by that family''' are founded on love and wrapped up in fellowship. Many families have adopted traditions created by other families of yesteryear and some families create their own traditions.  Grace is knowing we can celebrate family traditions founded on love while not worrying about how others in the past may have had a different focus.  
 
When we raise our children with the emphasis on Christ and family, then '''traditions set forth by that family''' are founded on love and wrapped up in fellowship. Many families have adopted traditions created by other families of yesteryear and some families create their own traditions.  Grace is knowing we can celebrate family traditions founded on love while not worrying about how others in the past may have had the opposite focus.  


Forgiveness lavished with grace erases the memories of what previous people did on the same days and gives us mercy as we seek to walk forward in Christ with our families.
Forgiveness lavished with grace erases the memories of what previous people did on the same days and gives us mercy as we seek to walk forward in Christ with our families.