I hear so many Christians complaining that it's all about the money and commercialization at Christmas and Easter. But think about this: The Easter Bunny? Although Santa was based on a true person, He's still a fictional character.
If you don't want your kids to get absorbed in the commercialism, why even bother telling them about these characters and letting them believe for a even short while that they are real?
Isn't this just telling kids that it's okay to make up stories and lies?
I think the Jewish are smart to their kids how it really is.
2006-12-05 06:31:34 · 20 answers · asked by Rosebee 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have a good point !!!
2006-12-05 06:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Well, I'm Pagan and still celebrate the Winter Solstice, but I incorporate Christmas into that. That's what the holiday began as, the Winter Solstice and Saturnalia; if Jesus Christ was actually born on Christmas Day those shepherds were REALLY lost. I like the idea of Santa, though the Easter Bunny never made any kind of sense to me. Even as a little kid my first thought was "Rabbits don't lay eggs..."
Really, it's the spirit of the season that counts, and people should celebrate it as they see fit. If I ever have kids I'll probably tell them about Santa. Have you ever read the "Yes, Virginia" letter in its entirety? It's very good, and my parents used to read it to us at Christmas- along with 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
For that matter, they still write 'From Santa' on several of the gifts, even though everyone involved in the gift-giving is well past the age where we could be convinced an overweight man slid down our chimney to give us gifts once a year.
2006-12-05 06:47:21 · answer #2 · answered by Zeke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I want to thank you for your question. I preface this by saying I am a born again christian and I do not celebrate the Easter bunny and or Santa. You are right in stating many "christians" have these characters as part of their holiday routine, but they miss the whole point of the celebration. The whole premise of St.nick bringing gifts to the poor has been changed to who can get the biggest most expensive toy. It is ultimately the liberal majority trying to take Christ out of Christmas which is why they say Xmas instead. Thx, josh
2006-12-05 06:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by steptoejosh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians didn't make up these fictional characters, non christians who want something to celebrate but do not want to recognize the true purpose for the celebration created these characters. I was raised in a christian home, my parents never once reinforced the idea of santa claus or the easter bunny which are myths perpetuated over and over again in elementary schools. I do not tell my child their is a santa claus and I do not have one neice or nephew who believe in santa claus.
I find it ironic though that athiest will petition the courts to take the name of Jesus/God out of the schools b/c they don't believe in him but its okay to teach kids about santa claus and the easter bunny...I guess that goes to show how much power is in the name of Jesus...If God really wasn't real athiest wouldn't care to go through so much to keep him out of this world.
2006-12-05 06:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by Forever_Young 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Easter Bunny and the Easter Eggs have to do with Pagan fertility. It has NOTHING to do with the stolen Easter holiday.
"Isn't this just telling kids that it's okay to make up stories and lies? "
So......we should tell them that God just made everything and Jesus was born in December? That's just a story and a lie.
2006-12-05 06:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by Miss. Bliss 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not do you find something wrong with Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny. I love them myself and I'm not even Christian. No children are not encouraged to lie. There is nothing wrong in allowing your children to enjoy a little fantasy at an early age. You allow them to play with dolls and pretend don't you? By the time a child is five or six years old he realizes the difference meanwhile he enjoys the fantasy in his younger age. xx
2006-12-05 06:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on the Christian. We never believed in Santa Claus. He didn't bring presents...he was just a story kind of like Little Red Riding Hood. To lump all Christians in one group is as bad as lumping any other group together. We didn't do the Easter Bunny either. We just copied the story by coloring eggs and we hid our eyes while my mom and dad hid them. We did believe in the tooth fairy, but that was to help us get over our fear of losing teeth.
2006-12-05 06:38:55 · answer #7 · answered by jerrys_love 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In all fairness, Christians didn't make up the fictional characters, nor do they use them to represent those holidays. I'm sure the holidays are aptly represented, and the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus just happen to visit around the same time.
(Are you suggesting that all of your children's friends should receive gifts from Santa and baskets from the bunny, but they go without? That's kind of cruel, I think.)
Lighten up, Ma'am!
2006-12-05 06:36:35 · answer #8 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nicely, i'm Pagan or perhaps if which have a good time the wintry climate Solstice, yet I contain Christmas into that. that is what the holiday all began as, the wintry climate Solstice and Saturnalia; if Jesus Christ grew to change into easily born on Christmas Day those shepherds were truly lost. i love the theory of Santa, even if the Easter Bunny under no circumstances made any type of understand-the thanks to me. at the same time as a contact infant my first theory grew to change into "Rabbits do no longer lay eggs..." truly, that is the spirit of the season that counts, and persons might want to have a good time it as they see more desirable healthy. If I ever have little ones i visit in all danger tell them about Santa. have you ever study the "effective, Virginia" letter in its entirety? that is actual solid, and my mom and pa used to study it to us at Christmas- alongside with 'Twas the nighttime before Christmas. For that keep in ideas, they even if that write 'From Santa' on numerous of the can provide, even even if each body in contact interior the present-giving is truly previous the age the position we would want to be effective an overweight guy slid down our chimney to provide us can provide as quickly as a three hundred and sixty 5 days.
2016-11-23 18:26:07 · answer #9 · answered by pichon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know very few Christians who teach their children to believe in either Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. As they are out there and it is almost impossible to get through the holidays without hearing about them, Christians do have to talk to their children about them. But very few Christians encourage their children to believe in them. Most of the support for Sanat and company comes from people who looking for something BESIDES Christ as a reason for the holidays.
2006-12-05 06:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Easter bunny has historical roots too. The spring festival celebrated fertility. Everything was about to grow or mate. They used symbols like eggs and rabbits and a woman's womb and opening that looks like a little fishy when you tip it on it's side.
2006-12-05 06:36:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋