Letter to Father Christmas

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Letter to Father Christmas

Bible Text:

1 Kings 2:2-3.

Materials You Need:

A letter to Father Christmas (as below).
An envelope addressed to: “Father Christmas, North Pole” and marked “URGENT” all over.

Theme:

Behaviour and other values that we show.

Here's another Cool Story to share with your Friends

Roger’s parents were always fighting and yelling at each other. As a result he was a very angry boy. He would shout and kick his parents when he could not get his own way and was rude to everyone at school. You needed to get quickly out of his way or else he would pick a fight with you in next to no time. And so everybody hated him.

Near to one Christmas, Roger wrote a letter to Father Christmas at the North Pole:

Hey Father Christmas,
I want a Mountain Bicycle
I want a huge Play Station
I want a fancy DVD Player
I want a smart Skateboard
And lots and lots more!
You'd better make sure I get all this!
Else I'll never write to you again!
Your friend Roger

Roger’s parents found his letter before he posted it and were shocked. Roger needed a lesson! There would be no presents this year!

On Christmas eve, Roger placed a huge cardboard box in his room all the extra presents he had ordered. Early Christmas morning, he jumped out of bed and ran to the box. It was empty! There were no presents! Roger screamed in anger and threw himself on his bed and thumped the pillow until the feathers flew everywhere!

Roger’s parents suddenly realised their fighting was teaching Roger to be a monster! They were so ashamed. That week when they went to church, the Pastor spoke about how we need the love of Jesus in our hearts, so that we can learn to love and care for others. That night they knelt down and asked God to make their hearts clean and take away their anger.

Jesus heard their prayer and for the first time there was peace and calm in that house. Roger started to change as well. His teachers and children at school could hardly recognise this new boy who was so polite! Yes, God wants us to look at the way we behave and do what Moses said in 1 Kings 2:2-3:

"Be strong ... and see what the Lord your God requires.
Walk in His ways .... so that you may prosper in all you do."

If we do this then our lives will please God. I want this. How about you?

God bless!

Extract from our "Great Jumping Jelly Beans!!" Object Lesson book