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Questioning Your Beliefs about Santa

As you know, this blog is written for people who want to find a way to believe in Santa again. And that calls for questioning what you've been told, what you've always believed.

"Questioning your beliefs, especially religious or spiritual ones, is one of the most difficult tasks a person can give themselves. It's so difficult in fact, that most people don't do it. Who can blame them? It's a scary, potentially life-altering thing to do! That's why when someone does it publicly, many people express disappointment and even anger if that person chooses a new direction." ~Peter Beckley, Questioning Your Beliefs

It's scary, yes! Even for me to have created and be posting in this blog. But let's do it anyway. What you may gain as a result, even if it's just knowing yourself better and trusting yourself more, is worth it!

Do you agree?

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My Other Blogging Challenge: 30 Days of Deity Devotion

This is a blog challenge that was created by Arrin Deuognatos. He is no longer on tumblr, but you can find a preserved tumblr version here.

This challenge may take me far more than 30 days, and I may change some of the topics a smidge from this original list. Here's his list...

1. A basic introduction of the deity
2. How did you become first aware of this deity?
3. Symbols and icons of this deity
4. A favorite myth or myths of this deity
5. Members of the family – genealogical connections
6. Other related deities and entities associated with this deity
7. Names and epithets
8. Variations on this deity (aspects, regional forms, etc.)
9. Common mistakes about this deity
10. Offerings – historical and UPG
11. Festivals, days, and times sacred to this deity
12. Places associated with this deity and their worship
13. What modern cultural issues are closest to this deity’s heart?
14. Has worship of this deity changed in modern times?
15. Any mundane practices that are associated with this deity?
16. How do you think this deity represents the values of their pantheon and cultural origins?
17. How does this deity relate to other gods and other pantheons?
18. How does this deity stand in terms of gender and sexuality? (historical and/or UPG)
19. What quality or qualities of this god do you most admire? What quality or qualities of them do you find the most troubling?
20. Art that reminds you of this deity
21. Music that makes you think of this deity
22. A quote, a poem, or piece of writing that you think this deity resonates strongly with
23. Your own composition – a piece of writing about or for this deity
24. A time when this deity has helped you
25. A time when this deity has refused to help
26. How has your relationship with this deity changed over time?
27. Worst misconception about this deity that you have encountered
28. Something you wish you knew about this deity but don’t currently
29. Any interesting or unusual UPG to share?
30. Any suggestions for others just starting to learn about this deity?

Obviously, Santa is my choice for this challenge and I am not sure I would use the word "deity," exactly, but you get the idea.

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The 31 Days Blog Challenge

Starting today and for the next 31 days, I will be participating in this challenge. I may not necessarily post each day but will post as often as I can.

Today's action step in the challenge is to create an elevator pitch about who the blog is written for and here is mine...

I am writing for magical women who have a wish that they could believe in Santa Claus again but they are not sure how or what that would mean. I'm creating a free report that will help them do that and telling my story of how it happened for me.

I am also taking another challenge this month, which I will tell you about in my next post.

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Welcome to My Santa Blog!

Welcome!

A few years ago, one unseasonably warm weekend afternoon in December, my son and I were watching a Hallmark Christmas movie and lamenting the fact that it was fiction. We both wished that there really was a magical Santa who could intervene in and revolutionize the lives of everyone he touched just as he had done in the movie we were watching.

We wished we could believe.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, that afternoon was the start of a change in my life. My heart opened to the possibility of believing again.

And then last year, out of the blue, also while watching a Christmas movie, I just announced to my son that I was considering believing in Santa Claus again. I didn't know what it would mean, and I knew it would not mean believing in the Coca-Cola-inspired vision of fluffiness who climbs into chimneys all around the world to leave wished-for treasures for good boys and girls.

It was only the beginning, but it was a big one.

I'm writing this blog for others of you who have a similar vague notion that you wish you could believe again but you don't know how. Or maybe you even feel called in some way and aren't yet sure what that means.

I hope this blog will help!

To read more of my story, sign up for my ebooklet, "How to Believe in Santa Claus Again."

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30 Days of Deity Devotion: What quality or qualities of this god do you most admire?

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