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)