Who is the REAL Santa?

About this episode

Sandy Smith and her husband Pastor Jay Smith discuss Christmas traditions, the role of Santa in Christianity, and the concept of biblical generosity.

Join me and my guest, my husband Pastor Jay Smith for this special Christmas edition of the 10.10Podcast. We talk about our favorite Christmas traditions (and least favorites), whether Christians should celebrate Santa or not and we talk about biblical generosity.Christmas is a wonderful time to think about true generosity and especially what the Bible says about giving to others. In a world of social media, is it ok to post about your acts of generosity or is it better to not let your right hand know what your left hand is doing? As we explore what true generosity looks like, we will look at the historical Santa, AKA Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Turkey and learn some lessons from a generous and godly Pastor from centuries ago.

People in this episode

Host: Sandy Smith

Guest: Pastor Jay Smith

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• Christianity and Santa
• biblical generosity
• historical Santa
• acts of generosity

Keywords

• Santa
• Christmas
• generosity
• Christianity
• Bishop Nicholas
• traditions
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 10.10Podcast

Places: Turkey

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