Santa Claus

[Rollo Tamasi]

The season's coming!
What about Santa Claus?
Should we tell our kids that Santa Claus is real?

 

[Willie T]

Isn't he?

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Isn't he?

Some people don't want to believe that there's someone peeking at you when you're asleep.

 

[Deborah13]

Well, I always thought it was neat to get to eat santa's cookies and milk after the kids went to bed.

 

[reba]

Our son just knew he was not real.. we lived in the city at that time and he could see a santa on every corner...gave him the nice story about a good man helping others....as to where the idea came from . Jr was 2 years older then his sister so he clued her in... then out then in as rotten brothers will do...

They never bought into any of that type of stuff... Mom dont forget to be the tooth fairy ...

 

[TOG]

The season's coming!
What about Santa Claus?
Should we tell our kids that Santa Claus is real?

YOU BETTER NOT pout!
YOU BETTER NOT cry!
YOU BETTER watch out!

Sounds like a threat to me.

The TOG​

 

[Christ_empowered]

I dunno. On the one hand, its kinda cool to have kids believe in something, and then when they stop, its almost like a sign of growing up a bit. On the other hand, Christmas is so over-commercialized that I kinda don't think Santa is a good thing for kids to believe in, not anymore (if he ever was).

 

[TOG]

Should we tell our kids that Santa Claus is real?

Lie
noun
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.

verb (used without object)
to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.
Synonyms: prevaricate, fib.

Telling someone something that you know is not true with the intent of getting them to believe that it is true is called lying. So the question should be "Should we lie to our kids?"

The TOG​

 

[Willie T]

Have you also explained to your little ones that the TV characters they love are just drawings some technicians/artists invented? That their Teddy Bear is nothing but cloth and stuffing some Chinese lady sewed together? That their pet simply ceases to exist when it dies? That animal mothers only feed their offspring out of simple instinct? That they really aren't hearing the ocean inside a seashell?

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Lie
noun
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.

verb (used without object)
to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.
Synonyms: prevaricate, fib.

Telling someone something that you know is not true with the intent of getting them to believe that it is true is called lying. So the question should be "Should we lie to our kids?"

The TOG​

But is it really a lie?
He knows when you're awake
He knows when you're asleep
He knows when you've been good or bad

Just who are we talking about here?

 

[Deborah13]

Have you also explained to your little ones that the TV characters they love are just drawings some technicians/artists invented? That their Teddy Bear is nothing but cloth and stuffing some Chinese lady sewed together? That their pet simply ceases to exist when it dies? That animal mothers only feed their offspring out of simple instinct? That they really aren't hearing the ocean inside a seashell?

Yes
Teddy is NOT made in China!
I'm not sure animals cease to exist but we discussed that option.
Yes - and that compassion and real caring does exist between animals.
Yes

We were just watching Tom and Jerry. The moral of the story was "Cats and mice should be friends." Tom was happily agreeing. The young mouse had given Tom a gift rather than treating Tom like the enemy, like the old mouse did. Wow, what a revelation, what insight, what genius!
I wish more people could learn that.

 

[Deborah13]

But is it really a lie?
He knows when you're awake
He knows when you're asleep
He knows when you've been good or bad

Just who are we talking about here?

You noticed that too, eh.

 

[Willie T]

Deb, YOU think Tom is real, too?

 

[Deborah13]

:biggrin

 

[Willie T]

That's OK.... I do too.

 

[Lewis]

You mean to tell me that Santa ain't real, you people have lost your minds. Reba how could you

 

[TOG]

But is it really a lie?
He knows when you're awake
He knows when you're asleep
He knows when you've been good or bad

Just who are we talking about here?

Let's see... Is it a lie to tell our children that God (since he basically has many of God's attributes) is an old fat man that lives at the north pole and brings gifts once a year, rather than that He is the creator of the universe who sent his son to die for our sins? I don't know. You decide.

The TOG​

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Let's see... Is it a lie to tell our children that God (since he basically has many of God's attributes) is an old fat man that lives at the north pole and brings gifts once a year, rather than that He is the creator of the universe who sent his son to die for our sins? I don't know. You decide.

The TOG​

No TOG, you decide.

 

[TOG]

No TOG, you decide.

I already decided long ago, and I think my decision should be obvious from my posts. I'm not the one asking if we should lie to our children. Like it or not, that's what it is - lying. People say it's just a harmless fairy tail, similar to Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White. But how many billions of dollars do we spend every year trying to convince children that Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are real people? Santa Claus is not just a harmless fairy tale.

The TOG​

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

I already decided long ago, and I think my decision should be obvious from my posts. I'm not the one asking if we should lie to our children. Like it or not, that's what it is - lying. People say it's just a harmless fairy tail, similar to Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White. But how many billions of dollars do we spend every year trying to convince children that Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are real people? Santa Claus is not just a harmless fairy tale.

The TOG​

If you had told me when I was a child that my parents were lying to me, I would have cried.
Would that make you feel better?