The Ridge Stone Church in Canton, Ohio decided on a new way to get the message
out about their Christmas Eve services. The video, they say was meant in
good natured holiday spirit, but the YouTube community as always has their own
views on it.
The pastor and members of Ridge Stone Church cut the video to alert members
that Christmas Eve services will actually be on Sunday morning, not Sunday
evening. The church meets in a movie theater and it will be unavailable on
Christmas Eve. So Pastor Gary Lamb donned a “pimped” out
Santa outfit, started rapping and put the whole thing on video. He’s joined by
a crew of elves you wouldn’t see in any other rap video.
Lamb loaded
the video onto YouTube.com and it began to spread like wildfire. But not all the
response has been positive. Some internet viewers think the video is racist.
Others say it just isn’t in the holiday spirit.