Do you think it is wrong to tell kids about Santa?

Question

You teach your children not to lie, then
You are essentally telling children a lie, by saying a big fat man dressed in red comes down your chimminy and brings you toys.
Then years later you have to tell them the truth, that there is no such thing as santa, or the tooth fairy, or the easter bunny. You have spent all these years lie to your kids, to set up a false since of reality.

Answer 1

Yes it is very wrong. And make no doubt about it ,you are teaching your children to lie. And if you lie about that, why would your child not think that you were lying about God. After all neither one you can see. I honestly think that is why so many people now-a-days refuse to believe in God.

Answer 2

It is call a white Lie And let kids find out about on there own. Just like the Easter Bunny And The Tooth Fairly

Answer 3

I have 3 children, I don't believe I have set up a false sense of reality by telling them that there is a Santa, Easter Bunny or Toothfairy. I grew up believing in all of the above, and when I found out that there was no Santa, Easter Bunny or Toothfairy, I wasn't devastated, did not feel I was lied to or did I have any sense of false reality, nor do I now. That part of my childhood is what brings most of my special memories. My parents loved me dearly and worked hard to make my childhood special. Myths are a part of reality, folk tales are history and I feel they enhance our lives and get our imaginations going.

Answer 4

Oh please. Should we tell children the cruel facts of life so they can have no fun in their youth? Should we tell them about poverty and war, hate and sickness?

Why not allow children to enjoy their youth? Soon enough they will be faced with reality and they can hold onto the sweet memories of a fat man in a red suit bringing presents to all good children.

P.S
I doubt that you will ever have to tell them anything like there is no Santa. It's funny how kids pick up on that all by themselves after a few years - and yet they continue the game because it's pleasant.

Kids fare much better in this world if they aren't forced to grow up too soon.

Answer 5

Its all about fantasy!!!!!!!!! No Santa is not real, nor the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny. When you think about it, fantasy is really not a lie, its what you want to really happen and what you want to really be true, and for kids, Santa and the tooth fairy and all them is just something for the to dream about. So its not a lie, it just so happen that all kids have a fantasy about these things.

Answer 6

I chose to tell my kids the truth about Santa, but I didn't know what the truth was, so I did a heck-of-a-lot of research and found the history behind the various stories to be more fascinating than the modern American version. I tell my kids exactly the truth (i.e. what can be known about the fourth century bishop and how his legend grew in so many different cultures). They don't feel the tension I used to as an adult uneducated on the matter of who Santa really is.

Answer 7

I suppose that you could term Santa a lie, if you want to be strictly technical, but it could also be termed as a childish fantasy that instructs them in the spirit of giving and fun. While its true that this could be conveyed in other ways, I am not sure that it would be more effective.
Most of life is perception. Children eventually learn of the falsehood on their own, and I doubt you'f find many people scarred from having believed in Santa when they were kids. In fact most would tell you it was fun, while it lasted.
But no, its not wrong to tell your children about Santa. As long as you allow other parents to teach their children, in their own way, and not presume to destroy their childhood fantasies because of some idea of moral superiority you may have.
I believe if you consider it, you'll find that we all lie...daily, in hundreds of ways. Unless you intend to confront not only yourself on these, but others...why harm others by your views?

Answer 8

It's not really wrong or right when you think about it it's a neutral thing if the kids knows mom and dad got him the presents then he will feel less grateful and won't be as excited, and on the other hand a kid that finds out Santa isn't real by seeing his parents put presents under the tree will be mad at his parents for lying to him but he will forgive them and think back and actually feel better about his parents that ever before. it's a personal preference kind of thing really in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 9

Children have a very real fantasy world that later is replaced by reality. I think since the stories of Santa, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,The Grinch, and many other Christmas stories are so much a part of our culture and they are fun, they actually enrich a child's life. The real meaning of Christmas should also be taught too.
Dreams are realized sometimes by fantasies. (Ask Ray Bradbury or Mark Twain)!

Answer 10

It is sad for every kid to learn that Santa Clause doesn't exist, but ol' St. Nick is only one aspect of an imaginary world that we all grow out of. We aren't angry because our parents let us believe that the rock we found in the backyard once held a dinosaur, or that there was a buried treasure somewhere in that big field behind the house. Santa is a part of the magic of being young, and even though that magic one day goes away I wouldn't want to deny it to any child.

Answer 11

There's no such thing as the easter bunny? WTF! Okay, yes it's wrong to lie to our kids but at least you tell them the truth at some point in their lives. It's not like Christianity when you tell the lie for so damn long that you actully believe it yourself. Jesus walked on water. Yeah and Santa just had a sex change!