Why do we teach our children to Lie?

The image of Mary wearing a blue dress may come from the Catholics, who give certain colors a symbolism of an aspect of faith, blue meaning peace and/or virtue.

love,

Sopranette

 

We get a newsletter from my kids' teacher every week, and the last one I got said for kids who DON'T believe in Santa, PLEASE don't tell the others he's not real. I know that was at least partially addressed to me and my children.

love,

Sopranette

 

Ah, I see how it works. If you can't convince anybody that your view is correct, lob a stone or 2 at them and call them bad Christians.

 

Jesus is real...Santa is pretend.

If presenting this to your children and letting them be young and have fun with it for a few years means that I do not comprehend holiness, then so be it.

However, just because I believe differently than you does not make either of us holier than thou...

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18

 

My wife and I made the choice long ago not to lie to our kids [about anything] and [for us] this includes stuff like Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy etc.

However, we understand that other parents may choose to allow their kids to believe in Santa et al. We always instructed our kids not to get into combative discussions with other kids about whether or not Santa is real. We taught them to say things like, "Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. It is not about Santa, elves, and raindeer."

Such a statement drives home the truth of the real meaning of Christmas and avoids the "There is no such thing as Santa" debate. Use the celebration of Christmas to bring glory to the name of Christ and forget the senseless debate over Santa...:BangHead:

 

Don't you mean satan clause?

 

Or SATAN ACLU-SE?

 

Do you comprehend "priesthood of the believer?"
Do you comprehend maturity? Class?

Didn't think so.

 

I wouldn't say pretending is lying, if so when Jesus "pretended to go further" after His resurrection while on the road, He would have lied, which is sin.
St. Nick was a real person, btw. I don't see it as "lying".

 

It is never our place to tell someone elses children there is no santa claus.

 

Christmas is all about celebrating the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. At its core (heart) it has nothing to do with all this other stuff. Let's honor Christ first and foremost. I hope we all can agree on that principle.raying:

 

I really wish I was perfect...

Then maybe I wouldn't get a lump of coal in my stocking...

 

I completely respect the right of parents to raise their children as best they see fit and to make the right decision as to whether to tell their children about Santa or not.

However, if another parent decided to inform my children the truth about Santa, I would be very upset. There is absolutely no call for that.

 

I would tell any child the truth, if they asked me. I wouldn't decide to inform them.

We always told our son the truth. Santa is not real, but pretend. We still watch Christmas shows, brought him once to sit on Santa's lap, provide a sock filled with gifts from Santa etc.. It's fun

 

If a child that was not my own asked me, I would tell them they should talk to their parents about it and change the subject.

 

I definately agree...but I also don't see in Scripture that we are to celebrate Christ's birth either, so how it is celebrated, and the things that go along with it cannot be supported nor condemned.

 

Good point webdog :type:

 

There sure are a whole lot of Scrooges on this thread.... :laugh:

Stay away from my kids...I want them to believe in Santa until they're at least 20! :thumbs:

 

I didn't tell my kids to tell the others there is no Santa. It's something they did on their own. Kids talk to other kids. They're not robots I can program every minute of the day. That's just the way it is. I did ask them not to talk about Santa with their friends, but I'm not going to encourage them to lie to their friends, either. They tell their friends Christmas is when we have a birthday party for Jesus. That has been their own experience since they were born. Can't guarantee anything, but I tried.

love,

Sopranette