if christmas is about jesus then why do we lie to our children about santa clause?

Question

if I’m not mistaken. Jesus was NOT a liar and so why are people lying to there children about Santa clause. Saying that he actually exists. I’m sure some people will argue that Santa is suppose to represent "god" and so if he represents god then Santa does actually exist. But if Santa represents "god" than why don't we just call his well...god. Does anyone else feel that way?

Answer 1

I believe it originally started out as just a way to spread kindness, but it caught on to commercialism in the 1900's.

Answer 2

When my children were little, I let them believe in Santa just like I let them believe in the tooth fairy. When they got older and were disappointed to find out that Santa wasn't real, I explained that Santa even though a fabrication, was symbolic of the spirit of giving, with a selfless heart and that God so loved the world, that He gave His only son as a sacrifice to pay the price of redemption for our sins. God gives to us the gift of eternal life through Jesus. This is the true meaning of Christmas, but what three year old is going to understand all of it? So teaching about giving is the prelude to understanding the God's giving. Santa and God are not the same person.Kids can only grasp so much, and teaching them comes in stages. Besides all this, kids have a wonderful imagination and so why take all that joy away from them while they are still able to be awed by the magic of the holiday season? I told my kids to stay kids as long as they could because once they become an adult, they remain adults for the rest of their lives. Reality is being an adult. Fun is being a kid.

Answer 3

Did you pay to See Harry Potter?

Do you know the tale of Jack and the Bean Stalk?

Why do stores try to get people to buy things by saying
No Payment fro two years?

Why do you drive faster than the speed limit when you think the police are not there/looking?

Who said that Santa represents GOD?

It is a good thing that you are not turning this crap in for a grade in school! This would not even earn an F-. Maybe a promotion back to Pre School!

Answer 4

We are NOT lying about Santa. Here's a history lesson about Santa:

Santa Claus WAS a real person. He is known as St. Nicolas, the "patron saint of children." He lived during the 4th century A.D., and was an anonymous donor of gifts to everyone in the village where he lived, which was located in southwestern Europe. No birth records for St. Nicolas have been found, but he is believed to have died on December 6, 394 A.D. His acts of kindness have been transformed into the legend we now know as Santa Claus.
So, assuming u r a Christian, I think you should be absolutely ashamed of yourself for thinking that Santa was a lie. Hope u get coal in your stocking ...... and LOTS OF IT!!!!
Oh, and by the way, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Answer 5

I don't do Santa with my kids. I have taught my kids that St. Nick was a man hundreds of years ago that liked to give toys to children. I've explained that he's dead now, but some parents like to pretend that he's still alive. I have put all the emphesis on Jesus. Some people feel that not doing Santa will ruin Christmas for my kids. I feel however that making Christmas about something it's not and taking the focus off of Jesus is what ruins Christmas. They are still extremely excited, but my son talks all the time about Jesus' birthday and giving!!

According to a book I read, the real St. Nick did do many nice things for children and other people. That's why after his death, he got the title of Saint. A saint is someone who keeps affecting people in a positive way even after their death. Many people would go to the grave of St. Nick and worship him and even pray to him. He was a christian and gave all the glory to God for all the goodness that he did. For people to worship him or put anything higher than God is Idolatry but many people did worship him.

Answer 6

I think you got the Jesus thing wrong 'cause CHRISTMAS IS LIKE SANTA CLAUS

You know the Fatman is a fake and a fat, white lie, but you go along with it anyway, as you deceive the kids and make them future liars to their own kids.

The Dictionary of the Bible says that: By the 5th. Century, the Church (of Rome) had concerned itself enough to have set December 25 as the date of Jesus’ birth. This had been the date of the Festival of the Sun God Zeus and to the Christians a greater light was come, Jesus Christ, the true light of the World.

Fact is - the Sun God is Zeus, and Jesus is really Jezeus, and the Romans worshipped Zeus, and you can see Barnabas being called Zeus by the Priests of Zeus in the Acts of the Apostles 14:12-13, in the Bible. Mithra was another son of Zeus, but Je-Zeus was Zeus come down as his own son, which made him strictly a Roman God.

Sunday is also the day that was set aside for worship of the Sun God (Zeus) by the Romans.

The Winter Solstice gives us the shortest day in the year, December 22, as the birth of the new Sun, so Rome shifted it to the 25 December in order to celebrate the Feast of the Circumcision eight days later, on 1 January, in accepting Jezeus Christos as the Living God of the Sun risen from the dead.

Zeus and the Fathers of Christianity did not know there was a Southern Hemisphere that did not share the Sun God Zeus or his four seasons, or his twelve disciples or twelve months of the year with the Northern Hemisphere, and it is for this reason that Australia celebrates Christmas twice each year, with the White Christmas falling in June but is called Christmas in July since they know it is a lie.

So Christmas and Christianity were as ignorant of the nature of the Planet as was Santa Claus of the South Pole, and just as the Pope was afraid that Christopher Columbus might fall off the flat Planet in his attempt to reach India traveling westwards, so were Santa Claus and Zeus afraid to go below the Planet and into the Fires of Hell.

When Pope John Paul ii declared the Shroud of Turin a medieval fake after having it scientifically carbon-dated in 1988, he failed to point out that the Bible describes the use of two shrouds, with one for the head and another for the “body” of the 100 lbs of aloes and myrrh, the other perfect hoax.

TRY SOME HONESTY THIS YEAR.
EXPOSE THE FRAUD OF SANTA THE UNHOLY.

BRING THE TRUTH OF THE MESSIAH FROM THE QURAN TO LIGHT SO THAT MEN WHO ARE BORN BLIND MIGHT SEE THAT THE ONE TRUE GOD CAN HAVE NO SON OR NO PARTNER
.
HE IS ONE, HE ALWAYS WAS, HE IS, AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE!

PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL OF HUMANITY!

Answer 7

Santa Claus actually started out as real people over the ages that would show kindness to children by making and eventually buying toys for local children. Santa really I believe re presets the spirit of giving as God gave his only begotten son for us.and Christ gave his life for our sins. The true spirit of Christmas is giving not getting. If it takes "Santa" to instill this value in especially small children so be it as long as they also know it is Christ's birthday. However not everyone believes the same and so it was commercialized and tends to be more about receiving then giving. What ever you believe it is your free will to believe it as we all have free will to believe as we want but if you look it up there seems to be some kind of kind "man" in several countries as well as ours that has helped people in need, unselfishly! Everyone will believe what they want but the real question is what do you believe? I hope this helps. By the way I have a friend that does not believe in Christ and has doubts so she chooses not to celebrate. That is her choice as well is it each and every one of ours to come to our own conclusion. Good luck !!! and Merry Christmas and or Happy Holidays!

Answer 8

I think your problem is largely not understanding "truth". Like many religious people you have zero tolerance for anything but literal, linear truth. This is really the most boring and superficial truth there is. This is were wars are caused and we try and kill those who don’t think the way we do. Literal truth can’t see the forest from the trees. Another type of truth is allegorical or mythical truth. This is the really cool truth that is so profound it can only be alluded to in stories and myth. I believe this is what religion really tries to do, but people come along and think it has to be the first type of truth above. Mythical truth is the only way a human mind can ever hope to grasp God. The mythical stories in the Bible, other holy books across all cultures, and even in "primitive" mythology touch upon something powerful and profound deep within us, that connects us to the transcendent. My 5 year old is quite excited that Santa is coming soon. She has met him a few times at the mall and at some parties. When she gets older and starts to question the "truth" of Santa, I'll explain to her that I believe in kindness, giving and love, therefore I believe in Santa. The man in the red suit is a mythical representation of these intangible qualities.

Answer 9

Santa, Sinterclaus, Kris Kringle, - call him what you will- are based on St. Nicholas. He followed Christ's teachings by giving unto others. He often gave to children and the needy.
So his acts got a little skewed over time, and the lengend grew a bit into a form with a life of its own-- so what? Doesn't the basic idea of Santa Claus- giving without expecting anything in return- deserve a small amount of merit?

Answer 10

I think it's because all of these major businesses have comercialize Christmas so much that they don't remember what Christmas is really about. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ not what presents we get under our tree. I understand that it is in the spirit of giving that we do these things, but now a days children are more concerned about what gifts they'll be getting instead of the real meaning. I think alot of the responsibility on this one is on the parents for not being concerned enough to teach the real meaning or they don't believe in Jesus themselves. That's okay too, no one has to believe something they don't want to, but I prefer to keep my faith.

Answer 11

I don't know where you get your information from but it is incorrect. 'Santa Clause' isn't God.

The figure of Father Christmas (Santa Claus) is based on Saint Nicholas, who became one of the youngest bishops ever at age 17. At age 30 he became the Bishop of Myra, a port town on the Mediterranean Sea, that is part of modern-day Turkey. He hailed from a rich home and became well known for supporting the needy. He would often be seen, clad in red and white bishop's robes and riding on a donkey, handing out gifts to children.

During the Middle Ages, many churches were built in honour of Saint Nicholas. In the 11th century, his remains were enshrined in a church in the Italian city of Bari. It is told that the first Crusaders visited Bari and carried stories about Nicholas to their homelands. The anniversary of his death, 6 December, became a day to exchange gifts.

During the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, Martin Luther tried to stop the venerating of saints and the feast of Saint Nicholas was abolished in some European countries. The gift giver took on other names: in Germany, he became Der Weinachtsmann ("Christmas Man"), Père Noël in France, Father Christmas in Britain and the colonies, and many other names.

Santa Claus in New York
The Dutch, under Peter Stuyvesant, founded New York - named New Amsterdam under the Dutch and renamed when the British took over the colony - and brought with them the celebrations of Sinterklaas, the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas. Santa Claus is the American pronunciation of Sinter Klaas.