Here is the lesson:
First, I held up a picture of a door I drew on
a piece of paper. This door was covering a picture behind it. I said,
"Pretty soon we might have a special guest visit our house. You never
know! I'm going to give some clues that describe this person and you guess who
it is." The clues included:
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he sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He
knows if you've been bad or good.
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he has a beard and a kind face
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he spent his life giving to others
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he's often pictured in red and/or white clothes
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he loves little children
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he gives the very best gifts
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you can never see him, but you can feel him
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he gives us a wonderful, special warm feeling
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he can get into our homes even if the doors are locked
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he has special, wonderful powers
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we want to give gifts back to him, but he doesn't need anything
we could buy; he just wants us to give to other people.
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I ended with, "He encourages us to be good so we will be
ready when he comes."
The kids all excitedly
shouted "Santa!" Then I had the youngest come and open the door (with one of the pictures below behind the door) to
welcome our guest into our home. (JESUS!) We discussed how each description
applied to both Jesus and Santa, and then we talked about how Santa is actually
a symbol for Jesus, and everything we love about Santa is really everything we
love about Jesus. We can be reminded of Jesus through many different symbols
during the Christmas season, and we mentioned a few - candy canes, giving
gifts, stars on the tree, etc.
We looked at a few more
pictures of Jesus and even a picture of Santa kneeling at the manger to discuss
how Jesus is the greatest gift. It was a very enjoyable and memorable lesson.
LOVE THIS MAN IN RED & WHITE!
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