Wouldn't lying about invisible beings like Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc....then later telling your kids they're fake disrupt your teaching on God. Wouldn't it confuse them?
Don't they distract from God?
2007-06-07 16:00:45 · 15 answers · asked by LanieDawn 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I grew up believing in Santa, Easter Bunny, etc. But now that I'm a parent I don't push all the fairy tales upon my children. I think it can be confusing. I spent a great deal of time in church, and teaching my children about God. I told them God blesses us..and makes a way for us to have clothes, food, and a house, etc. Because of that I didn't back track myself and try to introduce Santa Clause, Easter Bunny (so contradictory) I just tell them don't tell other kids thats for their parents to teach them the truth. (plus my kids always found Christmas presents anyway (lol).
2007-06-07 16:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is always a tough question, one I face every year. I was never a christian and most of my life I've been an agnostic/atheist. Many of my friends are Christian and most teach their kids there is a Santa. The kicker is that I love to play Santa. I've got the costume and every year I go to friends' houses and we have a little party with Santa. I also walk the streets as Santa giving out little gifts to kids.
On one level, this is very wrong. It is a deception. There is no real Santa, the gifts come from people and it is, at least on one level, a lie. On the other hand, it's a magical cultural tradition that these kids are sharing with kids of generations past.
The kids who know me figure out after a few years that it's really me. Which causes further confusion because, following kid logic, they think at the same time that i'm faking but also that I AM the real Santa but also thatguyjoe.
As a non-believer, I tread cautiously around any religious issues. But at the same time I do wonder why kids who eventually learn that there is no Santa, there is no Tooth Fairy, there is no Easter Bunny don't then wonder if God, another being they know only because they've always been told by parents and the community he's real, might also be a myth. All I can say is that this logical step never seems to happen. I know many atheists. None claim that they became atheists because Santa turned out to be fake and there's more evidence for Santa than for God. Maybe this revelation of a deception lays the groundwork for later doubt about God, but thus far I've seen nobody make the direct connection. still, every parent has to decide whether it's better to side with strict honesty (there is no Santa) or with cultural tradition which happens to be fun.
2007-06-07 16:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by thatguyjoe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. By the time kids realize Santa is fake, it doesn't matter anyways. My mother is a HUGE Christmas fanatic and Santa was always a big part. However, growing up it bothered me that people got so much into the material part and ignored the love and joy. To me, Santa was a symbol for that love and joy, even though the guy at the mall scared the crap out of me.
Let kids be kids.
2007-06-07 16:08:44 · answer #3 · answered by Kate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I found out that Santa wasnt genuine from a boy in school while i replaced into 9 i replaced into gutted and yuletide replaced into ruined in my suggestions. I in basic terms like absolutely everyone else theory Santa=Christmas. i don't have youngsters yet yet at age sixteen i desperate there could be no Santa in my existence ever returned after listening to in german classification with regard to the custom in southern Germany. They dont have Santa there each newborn recieves presents as a occasion of Jesus' beginning. particular i comprehend its the comparable element yet a minimum of that way Santa doesnt take from the genuine meaning of Christmas. i don't comprehend yet if i will try this or in basic terms supply them supplies on New Years and permit Dec twenty 5th to be Jesus' Day.
2016-10-09 11:21:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents told me from the very beginning that Santa wasn't real. They did this for religious reasons. They told me to study the life of St. Nicholas of Myra, who many of the Santa stories were based on, instead of focusing on the guy in the Santa suit at the mall. They didn't necessarily say that Santa was bad, but that he wasn't a supernatural being, and wasn't to be exalted in any way.
2007-06-07 16:05:59 · answer #5 · answered by solarius 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't distract from God.
(as in we don't take them to Santa or Tooth Fairy Church)
When I was I kid, I was actually quite happy to find out that it was my parents and other family playing all the other roles. I'm sure my kids will feel the same.
And as stated above, ever heard of St. Nick?
2007-06-07 16:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by <><><> 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you should teach children to believe in ANY mythical creatures, be they unicorns, Santa, the Easter Bunny or God.
2007-06-07 16:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Christian and I still am, my parents told me those thing were real, but I soon found they were fake, but I don't see how's those things can distract from God?
2007-06-07 16:06:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They should be taught that these are worldly trappings to be enjoyed like any other fairy tale, but should not be taken seriously at any age. Pray that the Lord will guide you in the upbringing of your children, and KNOW that He would NEVER encourage you to lie to them.
2007-06-07 16:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by Rooster 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
santa was the st Nicoli's from Antioch
he give the poor man money in the night to let him able marry
his 4 daughters instead to make any wrong...
2007-06-07 16:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by Mosa A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋