Is Santa Clause ??????

Question

the gateway to being vulnerable to lies and deception ???

Answer 1

i think Santa clause is the biggest load of lies but if the children love him he should stick around as long as possible you cant beat the looks on their faces when they see what"Santa" left them

Answer 2

I don't believe in Santa Clause but I've seen my nieces at Christmas time and I've heared them talk about staying up all night so they can catch sight of him, then I saw when they were told Santa wasn't real and I think that Santa made them happy and it also made them good at Christmas time. I think Santa Clause is something that should be told to little kids at Christmas time as a story by the fire with hot chocolate and sneaking through the house to put gifts under the tree before they wake up. It's a great story for them and it's so much fun to tell them about Santa Clause and see the looks on their faces. Santa Clause is a gift to parents because little kids want to be good so that Santa will leave them presents.

Answer 3

How did the kindly Christian saint, good Bishop Nicholas, become a roly-poly red-suited American symbol for merry holiday festivity and commercial activity?

The first Europeans to arrive in the New World brought St. Nicholas. Vikings dedicated their cathedral to him in Greenland. On his first voyage, Columbus named a Haitian port for St. Nicholas on December 6, 1492. In Florida, Spaniards named an early settlement St. Nicholas Ferry, now known as Jacksonville. However, St. Nicholas had a difficult time during the 16th century Protestant Reformation which took a dim view of saints. Even though both reformers and counter-reformers tried to stamp out St. Nicholas-related customs, they had very little long-term success; only in England were the religious folk traditions of Christmas permanently altered. (It is ironic that fervent Puritan Christians began what turned into a trend to a more secular Christmas observance.) Because the common people so loved St. Nicholas, he survived on the European continent as people continued to place nuts, apples, and sweets in shoes left beside beds, on windowsills, or before the hearth.

So, that's where it all started... naturally, it has been commercialised greatly, but hey... the kids love it, and know when they get older that it's all a myth, and do they stop the Santa Claus tradition... nooooooooo, because they remember the Christmas Magic when they were a kid.

Answer 4

Santa Claus is derived from St. Nicholas a Bishop,who lived in Germany, several hundred years ago. He would leave gifts for the poor people, who had nothing. He always kept this a secret. The tradition started there, and I do not think that it is wrong to tell children the modern story of Father Christmas. After all we all need that little dream in our lives, something that lifts us out of the mundane at times. Without imagination there would be no wonderful films or books written. Its all part of growing up. When my children discovered there was no Father Christmas, I just told them of St. Nicholas who was real.

Answer 5

I think that you have a valid point but I am not sure that I agree with you.
About thirty or so years ago when I was bringing up my children as a single parent, I did not let them know that there was no Father Christmas - and I was lucky enough to have Friends that provided gifts to let my kids believe that he was real.
Still, it didn't change our lives too much.
The point is (and was then) that the children watch the ads and they expect to get whatever they ask for. The lies come from the families in allowing the kids to think that they will get whatever they ask for.
We actually stopped presents at all apart from small gifts.
It is the way that you use the situation. Most people seem to allow the situation to use them.

Answer 6

Being human makes us vulnerable to lies and deception.

Santa is just a means to associate joy with christmas for children, who are to young to really grasp the Whole of Christianity. A joy that will change to a more religious association if done right.

Answer 7

Well, speaking on behalf of most adults, Christmas was and can be a wonderful time, and it was also magic, so I am pleased I believed in Santa. Childhood should be full of innocence and not marred by the P.C. effing brigade. I still believe in Santa on Christmas day in case I don't get pressies. For some kids, life is no pantomime and if Christmas makes it better for them then I am all for it.

Answer 8

Do I assume from your question that you no longer 'believe'?

Once you stop 'believing' the magic of Christmas is gone forever. Children should be allowed to believe the story - just like every other fairytale - until they're old enough to be taught differently (or learn it for themselves). It's all part of the rich tapestry of life, and surely with the way the world is these days isn't it worth hanging on to the fantasies for as long as possible?

Answer 9

the way the world is going,this should be the least of your worries but no santa is not the gate way to lies and deception!

Answer 10

Santa Claus was invented by the dutch in the 17th century.
http://www.the-north-pole.com/history/
In the 20th century the merchants mostly in the USA got it popular
to sell more merchantise.But please don't tell that to your kids.Let
them enjoy being kids.They will grove up sooner than you think.So
let there be Christmass and Santa Claues and Merry Christmass
to you.