From: herbertwarmstrong@cog-web-svc.com   
      
   When I was a very little boy, I was taught to hang up my stockings on   
   Christmas eve. When I awakened the next morning, they were filled with   
   small toys and sacks or little boxes of candy and nuts. And beside the   
   mantle, from which my stockings hung, a Christmas tree had suddenly   
   appeared, decorated with shiny tinsel. And on it hung presents. Other   
   presents for us children were piled on the floor underneath. I was   
   told Santa Claus had come down the chimney during the night and left all   
   these things.   
      
   But did I question what my parents had told me? Of course not. I   
   accepted it -- took it all for granted. Didn't you?   
      
   Stop and think a moment! Very few have ever reflected   
   on why they believe what they do -- why they follow the   
   customs they do, or from where those customs came. We were   
   born into a world filled with customs. We grew up accepting   
   them without question.   
      
   Why? Sheep instinct? Well, not exactly.   
      
   But by nature we do tend to follow the crowd, whether   
   right or wrong. Sheep follow others to the slaughter. Humans   
   ought to check up where they are going...   
      
      
   Title: The Plain Truth About Christmas   
   Author: Herbert W Armstrong   
   Date: 1952, 1972, 1974   
   Type: Booklet   
   Type Media: PDF   
      
   https://cog-hwa.org/pub/bb/xmas.pdf   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)