Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Rewriting the Christmas Story

Last night we were watching the new nativity movie the church has produced.  I thought Darin and I had done a pretty good job of teaching our children this beautiful true story of Christ's birth.  However, I realized that pop culture has a strong hold on our kids after Matthew shared his "knowledge".

When watching the part of the wisemen bringing gifts to Jesus, Darin asked, "What were the gifts?"  Matthew enthusiastically exclaimed in earnest, "Gold, silver, and rum!"  Really?  Was Jack Sparrow one of the wisemen?

Shortly after that we were watching Mary, Joseph, and little Jesus flee to Egypt.  Darin asked, "Why were they going to Egypt?"  Once again, Matthew came through with, "Because King Hagrid wanted to kill all the baby boys!"   And all along I thought Hagrid was one of the good guys!

We all laughed and laughed after both of these revelations. However, I think we will be revisiting the real story of Christmas and clear up any misunderstandings.

6 comments:

Karen said...

Oh that is hilarious!! Please clear up the Hagrid issue immediately as he is my favorite character in Harry Potter and King Harod is my least favorite character in the Christmas story. Tee-hee.

Jill said...

King Hagrid! That's the best ever. Cute post.

Laura said...

Ha ha ha!

Marsha said...

This was funny. Matthew may have got some parts mixed up, but at least you know he was listening.

Cami said...

I've heard rum is good for soothing a teething baby's teeth. I'm still not sure what frankincense and myrrh are good for.

Kristi said...

This is too funny! Sometimes I wish we recorded all of their funny sayings.