Should Christians Tell Kids Santa Is Real? (Detailed Breakdown)
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- When parents don’t tell their kids the truth about Santa, THIS is what happens… Join Todd Friel as he outlines 10 biblical reasons Christians should tell their children the truth about Santa Claus.
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So agree! Just got saved this last year Nov 2023, and Santa got the boot quick lol! My kids were a little miffed that I had lied to them but they were okay when I told them the bad news is Santa is fake but the amazing news is Jesus is real! My husband is still unsaved so I’m praying this Christmas he’ll be okay with me reading from the Bible on Christmas Day cause Jesus is the whole reason we have anything to celebrate ❤
I pray your husband gets saved very soon. If you have a moment please check out Jan markell or Mark correll ministries or jack hibbs. With all the prophecy being fulfilled right now they may help you plant seeds or give you topics to discuss ❤
Congratulations on your new found faith! I'm sorry that your husband wasn't as quick to change belief as you were, I will be praying for your family! May God bless you with great faith, and if he wills, a converted husband!
@@Jesus_is_the_1way That’s amazing!! Angels celebrate in heaven when just 1 of Gods children come to him! I pray the Lord will reveal himself to your husband and children and that you will be a great witness to them!
I'm 73 and my parents told us the truth about Santa from the start. We always knew the reason for celebrating Christmas. I did the same for my children. Christmas has always been very special for me.
I've always been against lying to children about Santa Claus. I learned the truth from other kids in 1st grade and 50 years later I still remember how I felt learning that not only my parents, but every adult I knew, lied to me. It was not a good feeling.
Same here word for word. It's only fun for the adults, at the children's expense.
We also shouldn't lie about there being any "God". "God" is Santa Claus for adults. He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. (The ultimate surveillance state). And yes, we should be good for goodness' sake, not because of the threat of an imaginary hell or the bribe of an imaginary heaven.
@williamgreenfield9991 you are 💯 sure that God miraculously created the universe. Everyone knows this, science proves it.
Please pray for me. I'm an alcoholic. I need God
@@Tahz-o4l Prayers won't help. You don't need "God". Make up your mind to stop. Get help from a professional addiction counselor. Join a group of fellow humans that help each other stay sober. There is help available, but nothing will change until you admit that the person in the mirror is the main source of your problems. You CAN make it, but asking for useless prayers from strangers and thinking that some imaginary "God" is what you "need" is preventing you from TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS AND DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO FIX IT. Hope you make it. The struggle is worth it.
When I was a child, I told some other youngsters around my age that Santa wasn't real and that Jesus was the reason for the season, and their parents got very angry with me.
My son did that but told a girl his age (3-4) at church and her mother, along with the children's minister, came to me and wanted me to make my child tell her daughter he was wrong with my son standing next to me. I advised that no, I would not do that, because not only is lying wrong, no exception, but when I tell him to believe in our invisible Savior, I want him to believe me etc. They weren't happy but my son was glad I backed him up.
@@riverviewv4113 This happened to me in church aswell however it wasn't durring a service it was at a potluck supper latter in the evening. I glad you stuck up for your son.
My son also did that, he was 6. Told his friend that Santa was not real. Oh boy did his friend cried.
I was about 4 when I realized my best friend though Santa was real (the only thing we ever did in my house was dad “being Santa” because the song “I saw mommy kissing Santa clause” came on the radio and I got supper concerned, so my mom explained the story and it was a running joke after that) but I was very blunt at that age and straight up told my friend her parents were liars. My mom backed me up and had a very interesting conversation with her parents later that day😅 we did talk about being more tactful in the future though🙃
Thank you for sharing how important it is to tell the truth about this! My husband and i disagreed on this, when raising our kids, so it created a bit of a riff. But the kids grew up okay. But i never felt good about it. I don't even want any Santa decorations or watch anything with it. Being a former Catholic, then Born Again, I hate being part of lies.
Lol that “wait a minute” got me! Still a comedian that ol’ Friel! Bless you for this video because it definitely helps explain things and impart spiritual wisdom.
I agree with this 100 percent!! I'm 68 and I can still remember the sick shocked feeling I had when I found the box to one of Santa's gifts in the basement! Don't do this to your kids 🙏💓
I’m 70 and a Christian and I still remember how much fun it was to believe in Santa Claus. That being said I once asked my aethiest sister when she stopped believing in God and she replied as soon as I found out there was no Santa.
My kifs are in their mid thirties. We told them the truth about Santa from day one. It doesn't make the holiday less "magical" as some people have said. I never regretted our decision, and neither did my children because they have done the same with their kids.
My mum and dad did the same with us, they told us the story of Saint Nick and why he became a thing, and that Santa presents were gifts people gave when they wanted it anonymous, I loved that. And you are right, it was no less magical! I will do the same for my kids one day :)
Agree completely! I got told off by Santa loving relatives for denying my kids Mr. Claus. However, we stuck to the truth so they(children) would know we always tell them the truth.
Thank you, Todd. This is so true!
I knew someone who, upon learning the backstory of Santa, the Tooth Fairy and others, was afraid birthdays were not real.
Todd, I am sending you my Christmas greetings and thanks for all you have done by providing your videos on TH-cam. God Bless you and your family this Christmas!
My wife and I read the Bible together every day, we pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide our hearts and then we discuss it together.
The Lord Jesus Christ is AWESOME and as we study him in the Bible, He gets greater and greater in our hearts every day.
I think one reason why Christians are being distracted by the world and the things of world (Santa Claus), is because they are not reading scripture daily.
If you are reading this and you name Christ as Lord and Saviour, you need to be reading your Bible daily without fail.
The enemy of our souls satan will try and use every tactic of this fallen world to distract you away from Christ. Putting on the whole armour of God to resist the devil includes a strong understanding of the Bible
It is quite literally JOYFUL to Walk in Truth !!!
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“I have NO Greater JOY;
Than to hear that my children walk in ‘Truth’.”
~ Apostle John ~
(3 John 4)
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Young 'and' Old (Young at Heart); ,,, 'Children' !!!
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:)
The story of Jesus is so much better than Santa Claus anyway. Who would rather have a candy bar than eternal salvation?
Jesus taught that no one is in heaven: "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of Judgment." John 5:28-29 Why is it no one believes Jesus?"
Amen! Why lie when we have the Truth.
I caught my mom eating the cookies I left for Santa by the window and that was it….. 😂😂😂😂😂
If you’re going to be honest with your kids about Santa be warned,
they will go to school and tell their friends and you will get lots of calls from the ANGRY parents of their classmates.
…yes really 😞
Yet another reason to homeschool kids
@@Local_Wizard Amen.
So what? The parents probably believe in a lot of nonsense as well, such as ‘good or bad luck’, Horoscopes, Tarot cards etc! The truth is always best. The World (in its bad sense) is always trying to get away from truth and reality. That is why so much money is spent on drink, drugs and entertainment!
With our kids, we treated Santa Clause like any fictional character like Barney or Elmo. He wasn't real and my children knew that.
I loved beleaving in Santa Claus, there was a person known as Saint Nickolas, who would give gold to the needy and bread and grains to the hungry. Yes, it's changed throughout the centuries, but the idea of giving is a wonderful thing, and as you get older it's obvious that there is no actual Santa Claus, but the sentiment of giving is still there. I make all my presents, I do not shop. It's a beautiful thing when you make from the heart. We always make sure we are giving thanks to our Lord Jesus and remembering his sacrifice to us.
This is how I see this too.
What a lovely video, Todd! The concept of Santa is one of the most messed up things that is widely accepted as normal and encourages parents to lie to their own children. It completely desecrates the memory of Saint Nicholas by associating him instead with some winter related witchcraft and for what reason it still goes on is really a mystery to me.
Two days ago while on a walk with my granddaughter we encountered a woman with her child at our neighborhood book box. The mom said to the little girls let's drop off your letter to Santa. Without missing a beat and as just a matter of fact my granddaughter holds up her hand to the girl and tells her " um no , Santa is not real!". I won't lie, I was proud. And I dont care who has a problem with it.
What gives you the right to impose your beliefs on others.
I opened the reply’s and knew I’d see a comment like yours 😂
@@rohag735What gives you the right to stop him?
Well first off I didn't, my granddaughter did. 2nd of all the united states of America gives me the right. If you don't like you have the freedom not to listen. But it would be to your detriment and the biggest loss there can be.
@@briannehill7583 Besides, what hard working parent wants Charlie Darwin in a red taking credit for gifts purchased by said hard work?
I hear too many parents say that teaching kids about Santa is reaching kids faith. Let me get this straight...you teach faith by telling a falsehood, then you try to get kids to believe in a real God?
You're getting warm. These parents subconsciously know the truth of how the sausage, psychologically speaking , is made. The materialism part itself is also a good primer for establishing a relationship with petitioning a higher power for material outcomes. We could do this by pretending Jesus was bringing gifts, but certain pieties across the ages probably had it that to fake actions of God or Christ would be blasphemous (it's literally bearing false witness), and so we developed a proxy by which we could sew addiction to the petitioning habit. The myth gets dropped and the habit, as well as the habit of faith (because children go through an extensive period of doubting Satan's Claws, while they also strive to believe), get transferred over to the less falsifiable Christian faith. It's a faith primer. It's corruptive of the truly intended faith, but that's the way it goes.
I 100% believed in Santa as a child and im actually glad I did. Im very fond of those years. Around 7-8 years old I figured it out by myself and asked my mom on the couch one night if he was real. She told me the truth and said don't tell your brother. He figured it out on his own as well and we are both just fine.
The santa religion was forced upon us as kids and we never "figured it out", we were lied to about the tooth fairy and easter bunny and all that. It was emotionally harmful to us as kids.
Go take a look where Santa comes from. See how they celebrate Santa in Europe. You'll wonder is this Christmas or Halloween. It's from Babylon. It's antichrist(another Jesus/ against Jesus).
People love the logical fallacy of "my experience" tells me all I need to know. You have an emotional connection keeping the lie alive in your heart. We can celebrate without Satan Claws.
@@MattH-nd9qk Yes, I agree, because even if some people find out and are fine, there is no telling if your kids will be the same. Some people are more sensitive then others, and some people feel hurt by being tricked by every adult/older figure in their life. It is adorable to see kids all happy and peppy over Santa or the Tooth Fairy, but later in life, they may become very devastated. Though to @ACarchives credit, not everyone will react the same. It just might be important to evaluate how worth it it is to potentially harm your kids, just for a short term happiness.
The point is not whether the lie hurt you or not, the point is to be obedient to Scripture and not lie. It does not say, Do not lie unless you can get away with it."
@@johnsonfamilyhomeschool675 Well said. Truth alone is enough reason not to lie to your kids. Also, people say the same "it didn't hurt me" about so many things. Yet often they are completely oblivious to the actual harm that it did do to them. They just don't know any different.
I’m 18 and I have two younger sisters; 15 and 4. Our parents have always treated Santa like a fun imaginary character that is a Christmas tradition. They’ve always made it very clear that the only real Saint Nicolas is now chilling up in Heaven. Guess what? Christmas has always been fun and we’ve never had that traumatic realization that our parents had been lying to us all our lives. Don’t lie to your kids, folks. There are ZERO benefits. Merry Christmas ❤️
Wonderful to hear!
We treat Santa as a Fairy Tale with our son. He gets to have all the fun while also not being lied to. We've never had to say that Santa's not real, because we've never said he is. Same with any other fictional character!
That's the way to do it! I don't have kids, but I find it slightly mind boggling to think about people lying about Santa and not giving poor Saint Nicolas any credit! Just tell it as it is, lots of kids have heard of bigfoot and aliens, but that doesn't mean they believe those things. Santa is just a myth, that quite frankly is drawing people away from the real meaning of Christmas.
I am glad to hear that worked out for you! My wife and I just started showing our 2 year old some of those claymation Christmas movies, and boy is he obsessed! We tell him that Santa is just pretend, but Jesus is real, and he seems to be getting it pretty well so far.
.... Gotta stay consistent, though!
The Santa thing is nothing less than lying to your kids. It also steals the spotlight from the whole point of Christmas. It's pointless at best and nefarious at worst. We never taught our kids that there was a Santa magically bringing them gifts. When they saw Santa figures at the store, they thought it was Moses. Don't confuse kids or set the stage of your relationship by lying to them. Be honest when they're little so they believe you're being honest when they're older.
Exactly! It is gradually pulling people, children , away from Christ and His birth, and just reinforcing the secularism that is already so prevalent in our society…….” it’s Santa that’s is the reason for the season, it’s Santa that is good and gives you good things,” the world says…..
and its all about giving gifts, spending money, sometimes money you dont even have, in order to give gifts to everyone….
Well stated!
oh com’n! every single person I know were raised believing in santa till more or less 8 or 9 years old. None of them were affected by realizing Santa wasn’t real, we just understood it was part of our childhood. Now, we going put a blame on others behavior because of believing in Santa as a child? Now, if we are lying, as parents, on everything else, then it’s a different story, but besides that we all know it was just part of growing up. PS. I told my kids Santa was more of a feeling on learning to give and not waiting to receive, in stead of a real character. But, that’s me
Don’t forget that ‘Santa’ and all the other dross and nonsense that has come to be associated with Christmas is all part of the ‘World’s’ escape from reality. Most of the ‘stuff’ we are presented with at Christmastime and is almost taken for granted by most people as essential, is just a scam and a waste of money! Overeating, drinking, and excessive spending should have no part in a Christian’s life. We need to model a completely different lifestyle.
As a 60 year old my parents told us nothing about anything. They were to self involved to even care.
Well "party on" Steve! You made it this far in spite of your parents ignorance!
@daveseibert9390 😆 yep! It sure made things even more awkward as a teenager. I'm not trying to mock anyone but they said they raised me catholic. So if catholic means you're on your own
good luck I guess that's catholic. They never cracked open a Bible but they never missed a pagan holiday. I'll take my Bible over organized religion any day.
God bless ✝️🙏
I think I figured it out when I saw my gifts in the closet one year. I don’t recall being bitter about it. Later on I realized if I ever had kids, I probably won’t let them believe in Santa.
I kind of like the story of the medieval saint helping poor girls vy giving them money to get married. Even if it’s not true. It’s better to be an allegory of helping others.
For me it was John & Susan, Todd. So embarrassing! Great video!
It was a crisis moment as a child when a "friend" took the liberty to tell me that Santa wasn't real, in my dad's presence. I looked at him, and he was speechless. I thought he always told me the truth.
I tell everyone if I ever have kids they will know the truth, and will never believe in santa. They usually think I'm crazy and an awful human being for that (but those people won't tell their kids about Jesus).
Agreed. How could you say your a terrible person for lying to a kid.
@@Thelonelymailbox I guess they think they're little "white lies" as I'll hear people say about other lies they tell. Sad.
I teach my daughter "Santa is the "spirit" of gift giving" and that's he's not actually a person that he's an image used to incorporate giving. And that "Christmas is the gift of salvation through baby Jesus" hint. . She's 3 yrs old. But she's excited to tell people about baby jesus
Halleluyah!
We are expecting our first child next month. This topic has come up for the future. Your comment is a good one! Thanks for sharing
But Nicholas was a real person. There's no need to make anything up or attribute anything to Santa. Just make it all about Jesus. After all, if you want to talk about the spirit of giving or the spirit of Christmas, what better example could there be than the father giving his son?
Not only is it wrong to lie to your children about Santa but you shouldn't lie to them about the birth of Christ either. He was NOT born on Dec. 25th so make sure you don't lie to them about that either.
When my daughter was 3 years old, I got pulled out of Sunday school because she told her nursery class that Santa wasn't real. Like, I'm sorry? Is she in trouble? I tell my kids that other families choose to tell their kids different things about Santa, but her teacher pulled me out of class as if she had actually done something bad. It was frustrating.
My wife and I chose not to do Santa with our kids for most of those reasons. However, I would drop #2 -- teach them to be critical thinkers. As far as I know, most kids who are Santa believers find out on their own due to that very kind of thinking. I was about six when I started to grasp the enormity of the world and the impossibility of Santa. Once I guessed, my mom was straight with me.
I concluded that santa and G-d did not exist by the age of 6....thank HIM that HE came into me and proved I was wrong about 1 of the 2
I have read stories about Saint Nicholas, he may be a historical figure like Ben Franklin, but I personally believe that if he had seen what we have created from him (this Santa Claus thing), he'd be DISGUSTED. Because he was just a bishop who tried to help those poor girls anonymously, and when their daddy found him out, St Nicholas told him, "Don't thank me, you should thank God. And don't tell anyone about me until I'm dead."
And now look what we've done.
My parents never explicitly told me that Santa Claus wasn't real. I had to learn the truth from my 7th-grade teacher. By then, I had already started to suspect it, but hearing it confirmed still felt different. Even so, my family continues to keep the tradition alive.
I think I grew up being taught Santa was real, but like not real. Any time I think back on my childhood and Santa, I just always remember it like he was a real STORY, not a real person. We would always put gifts out on Christmas Eve and a lot of them would be labeled "from Santa" lol so I always remember being excited about Santa in the way you were excited to see Mickey Mouse at Disney.
#’s 5 and 6 should be told as number 1 reason for Christmas season.
Our first-born at a very young age asked us about the 'Christmas man'. We had not spoken about Santa, but the child had noticed that an old man in a red suit turned up on TV each Christmas. So, I told the child, playfully, that the man was John Calvin going to a party. The next time the child saw someone so dressed in the main street, in the loudest of voices, said, Look, there is John Calvin. Was I in trouble then! The child has a sense of humour.
My parents never told me Santa was real, and I think I was better off for it. Santa does not make Christmas more enjoyable. Spending time with friends and family, giving to others, and worshiping God makes Christmas special.
Our main reason for not doing Santa with our kids....we tell them there's a Santa and they can see him everywhere; we tell them about Jesus yet He's unseen...who will they end up believing in as littles. And for most of the other reasons you brought up. We did have family mad at us for this.
I would like to add to teach kids (I’m not a parent) about the real life st.nicholas of Myra (now turkey) who was a Christian bishop.
I believed in Santa until I was 14. It probably would have been longer had I not found a gift in the trunk of my mom's car.
I told my daughter the truth about Santa when she was a little girl but ,she wouldn't believe me.
This reminds me of a father who told his son that Spiderman isn't real, and his son argued, "Yes he is! He's on TV!" 😂
I actually think it's great that she didn't believe you, because as she gets older she'll learn she was wrong, which will be humbling, and that she can trust in your guidance, because you tried to steer her right.
My in-laws were upset that we refused to do the Santa thing with our children. Besides the lying and the Gospel thing, Charlie Darwin in a red suit was NOT going to get credit gifts that my sweat paid for.
If You Tell Them! Where's the Room For Critical Thinking, Todd Friel? Their own Critical Thinking. Oh, Santa can't be every where all the time... that's for the child to discover! Yes, that's God's role, however we also remember a true St. NICOLAS who gave anonymous gifts to hungry neighbors. And who is your neighbor? All. We also give gifts as did Santa and also in his remembrance And Because of the Greatest gift of all, JESUS, we give gifts! Of time and substance as we are able! Praise God. Critical thinking Todd is not thinking for the child, but allowing them to think for himself!
1) Lying is wrong.
2). I have never heard a child believing in St. Nick, but Santa.
3). You are justifying.
Okay, I understand where your coming from, but learning of Santa's non existence is likely to hurt their feelings, and make them question the same "Oh Santa can't be every where at the same time..." to Jesus, Santa is a fun tradition and all, but straight up lying to your kids is going to break their trust in you, I don't want to be pushy about your beliefs, however if you are advocating for something that, at least how I see it, may be wrong, I'm just trying to be loving and informing, I don't judge you for this, I get where your coming from, but lying just isn't right. You can find plenty of other ways to increase critical thinking, and I do agree that the story of Saint Nicolas is a story that you should tell your kids, and gift giving is a good thing, I won't say you're entirely wrong, but I have to disagree with your first point of "It being for the child to discover", because its just not right to lie to your kids like that.
Why not tell them Christmas is not in the Bible too while you're at it?.. Because it's not. The Bible was written up to 70AD or so, and there is ZERO mention of anyone celebrating Christ's birthday every year. Because they didn't. Someone or some group invented this holiday later on, I have no idea if they were even saved Christians. Whoever they were, they were misguided, thinking they know better than God what should be done in His Name.
Christmas was actually celebrated by the sun worshiping cults in scripture long before Jesus was ever born. While the names for it and the lore changed over time in different parts of the world, it was always centered around sun worship. That is the _real_ reason for the season, even though it didn't stop the early Catholics from appropriating this festival and whitewashing it as a supposed celebration of Jesus' birth.
You can thank the Roman Catholic Church for Christmas.
Christ never told His disciples to celebrate His birthday, which was probably during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them to remember His sacrificial death (annually) during the Passover seder!
The Bible tells us of God's Appointed Days, including the Sabbath, in Leviticus 23. Purim is a holiday instituted by Mordechai and Queen Esther (end of the book of Esther). Chanukah (Feast of Dedication) is from the intertestamental period and mentioned in John 10. Christ was at the Temple then.
With all the days God gave us to observe, why do we feel we must observe man-made holidays? In addition to the "Christianization" of pagan days (Christ-mass/Solstice) (Easter/Ishtar worship of a fertility goddess). Another thing many don't know which is documented is that the early Roman church was very antisemitic and forbade keeping the Sabbath, changing their day of mass to Sunday, and forbade keeping any of God's Appointed Days so as not to worship at all like the Jews.
The first believers in Messiah were Jews. Christ observed the Holy Days and so did they. Read your Bible, find a Hebrew calendar, and learn. They all point to Messiah. Let's obey God and worship Him the way He wants to be worshipped, not like the pagans worship false gods.
I feel like this is extremely simple and doesn't need complicated:
1. Don't lie.
2. Let children be children.
Practically speaking, I adored Cinderella as a kid, but never thought she was real because no one told me she was or wasn't, she was treated as a fairy tale, which is what she is. I treat Santa the same way. I don't need to say anything one way or the other, he is a fairy tale like Cinderella, or entertainment like Spiderman. My kiddo's been happy! If he ever did ask about Santa, he'd get the same sort of response as he would if he asked about any other character. He knows he can trust his Father and I.
I attended a church in Orange County Ca with a pastor you’ve held up before on your program. he said much the same as you. When I had little ones of my own Santa Clause came to my house with all the awe and wonder. By the time they were 7-ish years old they figured it out and I fessed up. It hasn’t changed a thing with them, and they don’t run around thinking I’m a liar.
I understand you are speaking into our culture/parents who over emphasize Santa Clause and I agree that’s the wrong focus. But having innocent fun about Santa with your kids will not deter them from coming to Christ or pervert their personality per se. They are depraved sinners and only God can sovereignly make us come alive.
Dear Christian:
If you don’t want to do Santa Clause. Don’t.
If you want to, then do it.
God ain’t mad at you.
I didn’t believe in Santa growing up. All I got for it was beat up all through elementary school.
Also tell your children why Christmas isn't for Christ. After looking at the origin of the holiday and all the secular customs we stopped celebrating many years. Yeshua/Jesus, never would have encouraged it, we believe. Also I do think many sincere believer's celebrate the custom.
I'm the Messianic who wrote the long post about God's Appointed Days and how the early antisemitic Romans forbade worship on the same days or in the same manner as the Jews (even though the first believers and followers of Yeshua were Jews). Happy Chanukah!
I never believed Santa Claus was real in the same way I never believed Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man were real. Kids can still enjoy the character as part of the seasonal festivities without the deception. Honestly, Christmas presents always meant a lot to me knowing they were being given by loving parents/grandparents that you could thank and hug in gratitude.
Do you really think a 4 year old will understand what you mean by saying "I want to empower you", really?? And I am not saying you shouldn't tell them the truth, but telling them that, mmm not, don't think so!!
Sp the only two people in my life that are adament to NOT tell kids about Santa are both very mentally ill people. My dad and uncles let me put out milk and cookies and in the morning, I was so excited that they were gone! I'll bever forget the feeling of magic and wonder that only haopens briefly as a child. Feels like some Christians take this far too seriously.
buddy tf what if there are kids watching this like ur the reason why auto tone is a thing
We don't have Santa here but Christkind. But it is essentially the same. We told our kids from the beginning, that it is not real although the world around you (family, friends,...) will tell you otherwise. They are thankful now, we never lied to them and can see that they haven't lost on anything (like the christmas magic) but won by seeing the truth more clearly.❤
We never did the Santa thing with our kids. Everything comes from the Lord & we made our own traditions. Now our girls do the same.
We teach our child the real reason for Christmas. We also try to reinforce how Santa is a representation of the real person, Saint Nicholas.
If parents are so aginst lying to their kids about Santa...it is NOT a lie. There REALLY was a Chris Kringle who believed in God and gave to the poor. This is a GRRAT opportunity to tell the true stoey of Samta and what a great role model of generosity, selflessness, and giving to the poor. Don't demonize him. He was a great man!!
Santa's bag is like the TARDIS; it's bigger on the inside. Joking!
"Let there be Joy"
How many of you are against seeing the happiness and wonder in your childrens eyes on Christmas day ? Eventually, children will know that Santa Clause isn't real, but until then, let the little children experience the joy of Christmas.
All three of my children have no belief in Santa Claus of course I had Santa Claus in my life when I was a kid but I watched my older brother Tell his 11-year-old daughter that Santa Claus was not real and her reaction was of betrayal and then to see that elf on a shelf is also not real she started crying broke down I didn't want to do that to my children and haven't they do not believe in Santa Claus because Santa Claus is not real and for the same reason I didn't want them to mis trust me later on life to tell them that there is an omniscient God who loves them and will treat them well and is always walking with them and I did that long before I heard this but I'm glad that he's out here preaching that. I've told people why we don't worship Santa and they looked at me like I was crazy and all I wanted to do was punch them in the cheek instead I just turned mine
I’ve heard people say that after they told their children that Santa didn’t exist, after the children believed in him, the children then asked “ Well,is God also not real,too? And the children, now older , began to doubt everything they had been taught about God, the Bible and Jesus……and of course the secular world, and college professors etc, told them that of course you are right to doubt, God doesn’t exist, it’s a myth …..and the children lost their faith….
We need to be aware that the secular world is doing Stanans will , to pull people away from God. It’s a spiritual war going on and when our children leave our Christian homes, and go to college, those secular professors are waiting for them to try their best to destroy their faith…. And our children , away from home, surrounded by the World, and all,it’s temptations , all the sin, and people who are determined to destroy their faith , are vulnerable ….
I believe we should be teaching our children Apologetics, to be able to defend their faith….. we know the questions, the things that people use to try and destroy a Christian’s faith…. We need ro teach our children and every Christian, to be able to answer those questions , defend their faith with knowlegs of their faith. And make them understand that the world WILL try to make them doubt and question , try to tear down everything they have been taught , and they need ro be prepared for that , and be able to counter what the World is doing……
And as bad as it is now, it is only going to get worse, we know this.
We desperately need ro be preparing our children, to be the kind of Christians that won’t give up their faith, that will endure until the end.
I read that a particular college professor would ask “ How many of you are Christians?” And when the Christian kids raised their hands the professor said “ well you won’t be christians when you finish my class, I will make sure of that!”
Santa is real, but he's dead. And he became the greatest modern legend of all time. Bro smacked Arius, moved to the north pole, found Tolkien's elves and decided to give all the world's children gifts to commemorate the incarnation of Christ.
This legend, is a STORY I will continue to tell.
But it can't be better than God becoming Man and laying down his life to save the world from certain death.
I’m over all the present buying too
My parents told me about Santa they where devout Catholics and I was too young to know any different when the toy cat was let out of the Santa Sack it was associated to my questioning the possibility of someone being able to fly around the world covering every house in one night, and the what does he do about the fires in the chimney. I had lots of questions. I did not retaliate or consider the lie aspect. I did have more faith in God because nothing they told me about God seemed more unreasonable than what school was telling me about evolution. Maybe it was just me but I did not get ruined by Christmas Santa as a child and grew up fine. I am not saying that works for everyone.
Funny thing is since non christians don’t even want to celebrate Christmas, only Christians can sustain Santa culture.
How about the fact that your kids can recognize that they got gifts after acting bad all year? Cus most parents know full well that they don't have the nerve to actually give their kids coal when they deserve coal. And all it does is teach them that they can act poorly without consequences.
Why would believers allow mythical characters to take the focus away from Christ at Christmas and Easter?
I believed in Santa Claus. If I behaved, he would bring me toys. If I was bad, I would get a lump of coal. Then I was told about Jesus. If I believed and accepted him as Savior, I would get eternal life in Heaven. If I turned away from him, I would get eternal punishment and suffering for eternity. After hearing that, I wanted Santa Claus back.
I remember when I was eight years old I got upset and cried because of something another kid did to me. It being near Christmas was really upset because I thought Santa wouldn't be coming to me!
I wish I had been taught about Jesus like that! He is real! Santa is a fraud!
We have adults who are bitter about their parents telling the truth about Santa. They regret not having experienced the joy of the fairy tale.
Give me a break!!!
Mine don't
Adults being upset they're weren't lied to have much bigger problems
That’s funny, I have six children and none of them are bitter about growing up knowing the truth about Santa Claus. Each of them came to the logical conclusion, on their own, that he couldn’t be real.
If any adult is truly bitter about growing up without the lie, it’s because they don’t want to live in reality.
And we have children and adults who after finding out Santa didn’t exist, then they asked their parents “ what else did you lie about? Does God and Jesus really exist too?”
And the secular world is just waiting for this. It is a Spiritual War we are fighting! The secular World is doing Satan’s work and constantly looking for ways to pull people away from God.
And we need to be preparing our children to deal,with this kind of thing, to let them know that people will attack their beliefs and they should be able to defend against this….
And we need to be showing our children, by example, how to live a Christian life….Not “ do as I say, not as I do” . Christians want to “go along to get along,” to do like everyone else does so as to blend in, not be different…..yet being different, seperate is the very thing that God tells us to do!
We are told to be “ in the world , not of the world” ? How is telling our children about Santa , and allowing them to believe this , amd all,the other secular things involved with christmas , and the elf on a shelf nonsense , being seperate from the world and its sins, and “ not of the world”, ?
I’ve heard of college professors who deliberately target Christians to induce doubt , and tear apart their faith.
On said “ Who in my class are Christian?” When the Christians raised their hands, the professor said “ Well you won’t be Christians when you finish my class, I’ll see to that . We can’t have people who are so irrational and delusional to believe in those kinds of myths, and a “ Sky Daddy” to graduate from out university, it doesn’t look good for our university to graduate people with such defective thinking!”
Lying a sin so yeah
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Grew up with Santa and Jesus and when i found out Santa was not real it made me wonder about Jesus.... So with my kids it has always been Christ is real and the rest is the world's pretend.
I like number 3.
I tell my children, all grown, that believers crucified Jesus. And those who killed all those little children in the OT, were also believers.
We don’t have to fear another’s God, but be very careful about what they hear or read what their God asks them to do in his honor.
If one can believe committing adultery can be done in the mind, then they believe in a condition of failure worse than death. And they’ll have to justify its existence by putting others in it. Sad!
You could have just quoted the first of the ten commandments. Exodus 20:1 -6: "And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments." Any Christian who teaches their child about santa clause is in violation of this command.
Serious question, What do you do when a Pastor makes money pretending to be Santa Claus?
I've never been a fan of lying about Santa Claus and so always told them Santa is a myth (over the objections of my exwife). I'm interested to see if your list lines up with mine.
When the devil lies he speaks his native language because he is the father of lies.
I think we can keep "Santa Claus" as a Christmas icon via teaching our kids about how people can end up, morality wise, by following Christ. They end up like Santa Claus, someone who saves people from horrible fates like slavery, as the historical one did. Someone who loves people in need.
That's a very interesting point. I don't have kids but I wish I knew the truth when I was younger. I found out in a really awful way n regret it still today
Why not teach wbout Saint Nicholas then, rather than Santa?
@@johnsonfamilyhomeschool675 Exactly.
AND QUIT CALLING YOUR CHILDREN, KIDS... UNLESS YOU AND/OR THEY ARE THE SPAWN OF BAPHOMET.
Just looked up in Webster’s dictionary the word kid-it means young person. Maybe you’ll get a dictionary for a Christmas present? 🤪
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Nope! I disagree. The idea of Saint Nick, aka Santa, has been around for centuries... WITHOUT conflict.
It's only in the past couple of decades that our world has become turned upside down and now makes an issue of it. IMO.
Lie to your kids about stuff like this Santa, Easter bunny, tooth fairy, you teach them it's ok to lie. Besides it being wrong it's not biblical
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To my Protestants brothers and sisters , I'm a Byzantine Catholic ( too long to explain) Santa Claus does exist but Eastern Christians call him St. Nicholas. St. Nick was the most incredible and powerful saint in the church. To say Santa Claus does not exist is denying the real person he was helping children avoid slavery. I could say more but will be over your heads. Your view of Christianity is sad that I left it. You worry about others when you should be concerned about your own salvation. Oh I forgot faith alone😅. Todd Friel you are a joke a fraud and a complete know it all. Okay, I'm done being a troll. Happy Advent and Merry Christmas
While your points are taken in context of our Lord and the Bible, I say, “Bah humbug!” Your points are ridiculous for young children. I’d be worried if it was a normal developing adolescent! Part of child development is using their imagination and learning to recognize fantasy from reality. It’s pleasurable. If you think children won’t trust their parents, I’ve yet to see it as a teacher and mother. If children grow up to be angry or confused, I’d say look deeper. Maybe the parents didn’t keep their promises.
To suggest children will feel this way, you’re thinking with an adult mind, and a very rigid one at that. You’re concerned about the wrong thing. Merry Christmas!🎄🎁
My parents always believed and taught that it teaches children to believe in something that they couldn’t see. As they grow their faith is transferred to the Lord. And Jesus was never left out of the celebration and we even sang happy birthday to Him after saying grace at the Christmas dinner table. We all grew up to be faithful happy Christians. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Now use the same principles and you can see that Calvinism is as big a lie as Santa.
Pretty obvious. The answer is, of course it's wrong. Should Jesus have to share any glory with a fictitious, supposed omniscient guy flying around in a sleigh guided by deer. Lie to kids about Santa and then wonder why they don't listen to you about Jesus. 🤔
So you want kids to get beaten up in the playground because they tell everyone that Santa isn't real? Seriously? Lighten up! It's a part of childhood. Why would you want to spoil that? Believing in Father Christmas when you're 5 doesn't mean you're going to grow up being gullible.
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I did not grow up in a Christian home and when I learned the truth about Santa I lost trust toward my parents.
What a load of rubbish. 🙄
Tell them the true story of Saint Nicholas. The real story was inspirational.
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That's not enough. It's way past for time for parents to also stop lying about Christmas being a celebration of Jesus' birth.
We should also not lie to children about the existence of "God". God is Santa Claus for adults. He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. It's the ultimate surveillance state. And yes, we should be good for goodness' sake, not because of the threat of some imaginary hell or the bribe of some imaginary heaven. If your morals are dependent on threats and rewards, you aren't really moral. Your motivation is either fear or self-interest.