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b'Christmas Eve & Day sermon by Glynn Cardy on the power of Santa.\\n\\n"It is a mistake to underestimate Santa Claus. He didn\'t get a part in the Bible, but he\'s sure a big part of Christmas.\\n\\nOn Christmas Eve there is a children\'s service here. It\'s one of the biggest of the year. Children and chaos abound, and the atmosphere is charged. We sing, we laugh, and we tell stories of cribs and candles and Christmases past. We also have Santa.\\nFor years I\'ve had trouble with Santa. No, it\'s not the reindeer parking problems or the resultant pooh\\u2026 it\'s finding Santa himself. It takes a special person to don the red suit, and frankly some of them haven\'t been up to it. There\'s more to being Santa than sticking out your stomach, chuckling \'Ho, ho, ho\', and answering smart seven year olds. But \\u2013 and this is the interesting bit \\u2013 Santa is never a flop. He never falls from the grace the children extend." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/?sid=74&id=691'