Family from Alaska concerned about the note they found inside the box of a toy purchased at a local Walmart.
The mother of two children said that her mother found a flyer last week when he slipped out of the package dolls designed for her 2-year-old granddaughter. When she picked it up, I found a long message about Jesus warning to parents to stop lying to their children about Santa and instead «taught them to kneel and cry out to God.»
«Hello, friends, just think over, to double-check Christmas gifts your kids (especially if they believe in Santa),» wrote last week brianna ridge Facebook with photos of the flyer.
Hey friends ❤ this is just a heads up to consider double checking your kids’ Christmas gifts (especially if they believe in…
Brianna Ridge Geplaatst door op Dinsdag 17 december 2019
The front part of the supposedly celebratory flyers read: «Hey, kids! Santa is fake and Jesus is real.»
«At the North pole there are no flying reindeer or elves making toys, was printed on the back, — in fact, Christmas is about a real person, Jesus. Although we don’t know exactly what day Jesus was born, we chose December 25 to celebrate His birthday. That’s what Christmas really is. Jesus was born 2019 years ago in a manger in Bethlehem.»
The note urged parents to «stop lying to your children about Santa» and instead tell them the «truth» about Jesus.
According to ridge, her mother called Walmart to let them know about this disturbing message.
«She wouldn’t know that, only thought would be that it is the user falling out of the box, and picked up to put it back,» wrote ridge, adding: «It would be very sad if my child found it.»
Yahoo Lifestyle spoke with the Walmart representative, who said that «this incident, apparently, was part of a larger, not related to Walmart’s efforts in the city.»
