It was a simple social media post that turned into a something more. Last week, Bonnie Luke of Cornelia saw scenes of The Nativity painted on the windows at her hometown Burger King. She snapped a quick photo with her cellphone and shared it on Facebook.
“Thank you Burger King in Cornelia GA for representing the true meaning of Christmas with your window displays.”
Now Habersham saw it, shared it and, well, here’s the rest of the story…
Nearly 10,000 people liked the photo on our Facebook page and it was shared hundreds of times. An Atlanta TV station saw it and sent a news crew to do a story on it.
A similar social media post about Christmas windows at a McDonalds in Tenessee went viral.
The Cornelia Burger King is owned by David Irvin of Habersham County. His wife Elaine reports for Now Habersham. The Irvins are part of our online family and we simply couldn’t be more proud, or thankful, that they are willing to share their faith in such a bold, beautiful way.
Luke agrees and says that’s why she shared her picture on Facebook. “I thought, well, everybody’s always posting stuff that doesn’t relate to Christmas. My true meaning of Christmas is what they have in those pictures.”
Shocked to hear her photo got so much attention, this older generation social media user (she’s a grandmom) says she hopes her Facebook post and the painted windows will open the door to someone asking about Christ.
After all, she says, that’s what Christmas is all about.
“Christmas is all about Christ and when you start taking Christ out of Christmas it becomes a fairytale. You take Christ out of Christmas and all you’ve got left is the mess.”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves, Bonnie.
Thanks and Merry CHRISTmas!
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