santa- is he real in your house?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

No. TBH, I don't like the greed that seems to surround Santa these days - the signs that demand presents on the lawns, the whole consumerism culture.

And I buy DS presents all the time anyway, why store them up for months to give him them all at once so a few get ignored for at least six months? Yes, he will get something (I'm knitting him some sheep) but not the masses and masses of toys it seems almost expected to get.

Plus, isn't Christmas supposed to be about the birth of Jesus, not some fat old guy? Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I'd rather worship God and celebrate the birth of His son - at the wrong time of year, but still a good excuse to remember Christ our Saviour is boooo-ooorn, Christ our Saviour is born than worship some false idol raised up to greed.

ETA - the Tree. Goes up first of December OR the first Sunday in Advent, whichever is earliest. Because we do our Christmas Bible Study and hang a star every day in December and we have a big star for after the Church service in December. The angel goes on around midnight at the start of Christmas Day. I love the tree and can decorate it all month this way, whilst still remembering what we're celebrating whenever I see one of the stars.