Pringles inventor, Fredric Baur, was buried in a Pringles can. He invented the lovable chips in 1966, and he was so proud of the cylinder can he created for packaging that he told his children when he passed away, he wanted his ashes buried in a Pringles can.

His innovative packaging method (which stacks his perfectly curved chips in a tall tube) quickly became a nationally loved chip-in-a-can.

His oldest son, Larry, told Time about his dad’s wishes.
“When he first raised the burial idea in the 80s, I chuckled about it.”
But this wasn’t a joke. His dad was serious.

So, when Fredric Baur passed away in 2008, his children made a stop on the way to the funeral home—Walgreens—where they had to decide which can to use. Sour cream and onion? Barbecue? They quickly decided on the original.

Their dad’s ashes now rest in the can at his grave in a suburban section of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Although Fredric loved his innovative packaging invention, did he not realize that his Pringles container wouldn’t last forever?

Instead of focusing on where he wanted his body to be buried, I wish he’d thought instead about where he wanted to live eternally.

While a Pringles container will eventually decay, what God creates for our eternal home will last forever!

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV)

It’s easy to pay too much attention to the commercial and temporary things at Christmas. But make it your goal this year to focus on what’s eternal.

You are so very loved!
Pastor Susie