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2004-12-16

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The closest that one can come to a link is that Saint Nicholas is regarded in some countries as the patron saint of children.  That role is largely based upon the stories that, due to his inherited wealth, Nicholas of Myra had purchased many children out of slavery and returned them to their parents.  The real Nicholas was also reputed to have sometimes tossed a bag of money into the window of a starving family, and disappeared around the corner before the thankful father could see who had done the act of charity.  Those acts were done in Christian love — something that is totally obscured by the modern “welfare state” Santa.  Even so, many well-meaning people perform charitable deeds in the name of Santa, while the name of Jesus is verboten in many modern settings in the “land of the free”.  (We, as a nation, have forgotten our history.  And, we have forgotten that, “If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” [John 8:36]) It is not only the “morphing” of the name of Saint Nicholas that I want to address.  I believe it is not without significance that the name Santa Claus has a morphology of its own.  When we “morph” the letters of that mythical name, we get a mythical title:  Satan Lucas.  The first word is obvious.  The second one has a hidden meaning.  The word “Lucas” is a proper name, which appears to have as its root the Latin word lucaris.  That word means “of or belonging to a grove”.  The most common usage was the lucaris pecunia, or forest-tax, which was used to pay actors.  (You see, the Leftist subsidizing of the arts is not a new concept!)  Thus, the “Satan Lucas” is a term related to trees.  Are we beginning to see the problem?  There has already been much written about the fact that festivals involving trees are often pagan in origin, and are prohibited by the Bible. Why is the use of trees in celebrations prohibited by God?  Well, let’s see.  When the perfect creation was corrupted by sin, it was after the serpent (Satan) planted the seeds of doubt (Gen. 3:1) regarding God’s prohibition about a certain tree.  Then, sin entered the world because Eve — and then Adam — ate forbidden fruit from that tree.  God then posted a guardian angel with a flaming sword (Gen. 3:24), so that Adam and Eve could not return to partake of the Tree of Life.  (Having already been introduced to sin by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, if they had then eaten from the Tree of Life, they would become immortal — like the angels — and thus incapable of being redeemed.  Many regard the flaming sword as a punishment, but a wise priest pointed out to me that God put it their for mankind’s protection.)  Early in human history, it was a severe form of capital punishment to hanged upon a tree for humiliating display (Gen. 40:19).  God commanded that the Hebrews were not to do that to people, “for he who is hanged is accursed of God.”  (Deut. 21:23)  The curse of God was also upon the nations that worshiped other gods, “...on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.”  (Deut. 12:2)  The ultimate separation from God occurred when Jesus — a carpenter in His earthly life — was hanged upon a Tree to pay the sin-debt for mankind.  There are more of what Joseph Farah calls “little coincidences” like this, but you get the idea.  Christmas has been hijacked by Santa and his trees.
The Hijacking of Christmas
December 25, 2003

So many people are bastardizing a religious holiday (holy day) for money. Everybody is going to hell. HA! See you there.

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