I have no opinion over this, but I wanted to see what yall thought.
Do you think it's wrong to teach your kids Santa exists?
Would you consider it a lie?
And Santa is a pagan icon, right?
2007-11-21 06:42:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When kids are little they hear about the tooth fairy and all kind of imaginary characters including Santa clause. I guess in a sense you could consider it lying to the child. I just think that if we as parents know better, do better and tell the truth.
2007-11-21 06:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by JustMe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa did exist as a real saint. See some of the other contributors here. The celebration which has nothing to do at all with Christmas (!) was brought by the Dutch settlers in North America. His original name is Sint Nicolaas / Sinterklaas in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders) and it's still being celebrated in the Dutch speaking world. His birthday is 16 November. I don't remember the exact year nor writer, but last century someone in the US wrote a book about this figure calling him Santa Claus and inventing stuff like flying reindeers and having his headquarters at the North Pole!
Santa Claus was born without the religious attachments of staff and mittre (complete with cross) and is essentially a US invention.
So Santa Claus is a pagan icon as it is celebrated in the USA and around the world, but it's based on historical and religious roots.
2007-11-21 08:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by anwersvitae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus has no longer something to do with faith. he's a relaxing icon that each and each baby could at one time or yet another have faith in. that's magnificent to get secret supplies from some unknown being. that's magical, and each baby could experience the excitement of Christmas and Santa Claus. i'm neither a Christian nor an Atheist. no remember what faith i'm, i might rejoice Christmas with my baby(ren).
2016-10-17 15:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All they did was take the N from Satan and place it behind the t to come up with the name Santa.
The whole concept of the Christmas tree and Santa bringing gifts while watching everything we do is Pagan and quite evil.
It even speaks of the Pagans in the Holy Bible worshiping a tree they decorated with silver and gold.
Everything that represents God and His children Satan along with his children tries to poison and ruin in an attempt to make what's good and holy evil like themselves.
So Christmas is a good thing only don't celebrate it like the pagans do by making it into something materialistic and idol worshiping.
Even if Jesus wasn't born December 25th (which I doubt He was) we can still show our appreciation for his birth by being kind to each other and sacrificing something of ours for the benefit of someone else.
Because after all that's what His birth represents, kindness,love and sacrificing.
God bless you and happy Thanksgiving!
2007-11-21 08:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Adelaide B 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1) Yes, it's wrong to teach your kids.
2) Yes, it is unquestionably a lie.
3) No, Santa is not a pagan icon. It is (to the best of my knowledge) based entirely on Christian myth and culture. (Santa Claus is dutch for Saint Nicholas, and Santa Claus is in our culture because of the great number of dutch settlers in New York and the surrounding areas).
Jim, http://www.jimpettis. com/wheel/
2007-11-21 06:57:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will let the tradition of santa claus die in my family, unless my wife objects. But i'd still hide all the presents until the clock strikes 12:00.
Santa is a danish person, he was the mother tharesea of his time. He WAS a real person who gave gifts to the less fortunate children several hundred years ago.
2007-11-21 06:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by Mike D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santa is pagan and it was meant to take away from the celebration of Jesus, notice how most Christian holidays have a lot of other stuff added to it, Look at Easter, or as I should call it Passover. Parents have to decide whats best, just be sure and teach them the real reason of the celebration of Christmas.
2007-11-21 07:46:57 · answer #7 · answered by victor 7707 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Parents can teach their kids whatever they want. I personally wouldn't, if anything I would teach them the historical roots of Christmas and Santa.
2007-11-21 06:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
All kids know that Santa does not exist.
There is no harm in accepting gifts from a jolly old man wearing a red suit; but the Children should be told that this old bloke gets paid for wearing that Red suit.
2007-11-21 06:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
"Santa" comes from Saint Nicolas, a catholic priest and saint. The current Santa story is a fairy tale, but the real person was anything but a pagan icon.
2007-11-21 06:48:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋