why i love santa

isn't santa a bit like God? (i can feel the heretical arrowheads zooming overhead as i type this.) he, like God, lives in a place we cannot physically get to, he comes on Christmas bearing gifts which we don't deserve, he requires nothing in return for the aforementioned gifts, he returns year after year. santa is a fanciful picture of what our heavenly Father did for us in Christmas past. He sent us a gift that we most certainly didn't deserve and He expects nothing in return for this gift of love (not works of righteousness which we have done but by his mercy he saved us). so i love santa b/c he examplifies God in a way my little one can tangibly grasp. merry christmas to all and to all a good night.