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This Christmas marks 20 years since the best Christmas ever. I was 6 years old and my brother (who was 4) wanted the exact same present I did. It was an awesome super soaker gun. Think was huge, but it was also expensive. My parents unfortunately could only afford one, and they decided, since I was older, to get it for me. I noticed that my parents had got me it and it was the biggest box under the tree (my parents were always sure to say some presents were from them).
"Santa" brought us a lot of awesome stuff, but didn't bring my brother a super soaker of his own. So while my brother wasn't looking I took the tag off that my parents had put there for me and switched it with another present that was for him. I gave him the super soaker and when he opened it he was SO happy.
It was then I realized how meaningful it can be to sacrifice something for someone else's happiness. We both shared the super soaker, but he always kept it on his side of the room and whenever I saw it there leaning up against his toy chest, it made me feel just like when I gave it to him the first time.
My brother and I have been through a lot together and we've had our differences, but the one thing that always gets us through is when we bring up that super soaker and how awesome it was. I'm so glad I was able to make such a great memory.
Well I hope this story inspired you. It isn't true. I don't even have a brother.
Merry Christmas.
"Santa" brought us a lot of awesome stuff, but didn't bring my brother a super soaker of his own. So while my brother wasn't looking I took the tag off that my parents had put there for me and switched it with another present that was for him. I gave him the super soaker and when he opened it he was SO happy.
It was then I realized how meaningful it can be to sacrifice something for someone else's happiness. We both shared the super soaker, but he always kept it on his side of the room and whenever I saw it there leaning up against his toy chest, it made me feel just like when I gave it to him the first time.
My brother and I have been through a lot together and we've had our differences, but the one thing that always gets us through is when we bring up that super soaker and how awesome it was. I'm so glad I was able to make such a great memory.
Well I hope this story inspired you. It isn't true. I don't even have a brother.
Merry Christmas.
Keep the Chi in Xmas
I have posted this in the past, but it seemed like a good time of the year to remind everyone about it.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard people complain about Xmas - "Don't take Christ out of Christmas!" In reality, that is not what is happening. Xmas is what is known as a Nomina Sacra, an ancient way of shortening the name of Christ out of respect. Christ is in the "X," the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter used to spell "Christ" in Greek. It is an abbreviation, one used quite often by early Christians.
Another example is to the right. The early church used the first two Greek letters in the word Christ, chi (C) and rho ( R), a symbol that later became part of the official standard of the emperor Constantine.
Another example is the symbol of the fish, one of the earliest symbols of Christians that has been found on the walls of the catacombs of Rome. It originated from using the first letter of several titles of Jesus (Jesus Christ Son of God Savior). When combined these initial letters together spelled the Greek word for fish
(icquV, ichthus).
So the next time you see Xmas in a store don't tell them "hey, put Christ back in Christmas." Instead you might thank them for partaking in an ancient Christian tradition of referring to Christ with a Greek letter. I doubt many will know what you are talking about.
