2006-11-16 17:40:35 · 31 answers · asked by lategates 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course children should be encouraged to play and have an innocent childhood, but why not just tell them the truth...that their parents love them and have worked hard to give them a gift?
2006-11-16 17:57:01 · update #1
No more than any other fairy tale. There's nothing wrong with imaginary characters in stories.
2006-11-16 17:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by firerookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel sorry for any child for whatever reason that has not had the opportunity to experience the magic of being read the story of the night before christmas, then getting to put out milk and cookies for santa and carrots for the reindeer. The magic of waking up just as the sun does to see if anything has appeared under the tree and then to know years later that your dad cared enough to stay up half the night to put a bike together so it would be ready for christmas morning.
To consider that brain washing is just such a shame and I do feel sorry for you.
2006-11-17 01:56:57 · answer #2 · answered by auburn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
are you kidding...brainwashing kids about santa is one of the best parts of christmas. giving to kids and giving someone else credit for it is how you collect your heavenly rewards.
anyway, using santa as an excuse is a whole lot easier than having to explain the roots of christmas using the bible and stuff.
plus, how would the economy survive if all the little innocent spoiled brats new it was from mom and dad and not some fantasy character.
2006-11-17 02:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by Iphul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we affiliate a negative connotation to the word "brainwashing" ?
With all the garbage today and all the porn and hell I have seen, I think my brain could use at least a good rinse.
Santa is a fictional charcter based on a real man's tradition. Nothing wrong with telling kids the truth is there??
Just my 2 cents!
David
2006-11-17 01:54:39 · answer #4 · answered by David T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you present him as Chris Kringle,who is a real person back in London in the yearly (I think) 1800,s he would make toys for all the kids in the town and he was a jolly man with a white beard!So I guess there really was and is a Santa! I think we all have a little Santa in each of us!
2006-11-17 01:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by TJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I always told my children the truth about Santa - that the tradition came from a nice man who went around and placed toys in the shoes of children on Christmas Eve. That Santa, now, is only make-believe. But it is fun to pretend. I wanted them to know the difference between fantasy and reality. Both my children are grown now. They are well-adjusted, self supporting, loving ladies. Both have accepted Jesus as their personal savior. Both have a very firm grasp on reality vs. fantasy.
2006-11-17 01:48:53 · answer #6 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, why don't we not teach them about Santa. Why don't we make it so they don't believe in anything magical. We'll steal the magic of childhood away from them. When they ask about mermaids and unicorns we'll laugh at them and tell them not to be silly. When they pretend they are knights who fight dragons we'll scold them for having an imagination. We'll make them watch CNN and explain all about terrorists and war. We'll force them to be little adults because it isn't as if their childhood isn't already short enough! We'll teach them there is no magic in this world and there is no point in believing in possibilities. There is no point in having faith in anything. How would that be? Would that be better? Would that make you happy?
2006-11-17 01:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by Amelia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brain washing is to hard a term. Kids eventually get the truth and accept it.
2006-11-17 01:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe. but when I was a little kid, the night before Christmas my parents bought lots of gifts for us, placed giftboxes in the wall & placed the gifts inside. I saw it all though, im so sneaky, hehehehe.....the following Christmas morning they said it was from Santa Claus...but of course i didnt believe them, I knew they were the ones who gave me the gifts. SO its just part of joking around for us & silly excitement, it all depends on how gullible the kids are. HOHOHO
2006-11-17 02:02:12 · answer #9 · answered by rose reb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, when they grow up they will know the truth. When you were little I bet you loved to think there was a man coming out the chimney to give you gifts, I think it is good for kids, ther is no harm. They have all life to know the truth,why ruining some fun?
2006-11-17 01:47:49 · answer #10 · answered by ateo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to say Santa's not real? And what's next the Easter Bunny? The Great Pumpkin? Have you no sense of decency?
2006-11-17 02:17:41 · answer #11 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋