Glad you wrote this, We get some pretty strange looks when we tell people we aren't telling our sons there is a Santa...
When I was small my parents were saved... and though they never outright said there was no Santa.. they never spoke of him or let on he left gifts...my aunts and uncles and cousins and friends would all talk about him, but my parents never said "That's a lie" they just didn't feed it... and when I was in grade two I came home and asked point blank if there was a Santa because all the kids were talking about him. They said.. no.. no Santa.
I didn't feel the least bit bad about it. But I still enjoyed every single Christmas, the Christmas carols... even the ones about Santa and Rudolph... I enjoyed thinking.. wouldn't it be neat if Reindeer really COULd fly? But I knew they couldn't. It didn't bother me a bit.
As an adult, it always disturbed me how "Santa" was able to see everything... and know everything... And I made the decision, no matter how unpopular with the other parents I know (including good Christian ones) that I wasn't going to tell my sons there was a Santa.
PS. There is no Easter Bunny Either GAAAAAAAASSSSPPP
When I was a child my parents told us from the get go that there was no Santa as portrayed and described by myth and legend. That did not preclude us having a 6" high lighted Santa that sat out on the breakfast bar when Christmas was getting close.
I never had a question on where the gifts I received came from... I was taught that they came from a portion of the provision God Almighty had made available to my Mom and Dad!
My Christmases were great and I never felt cheated that I didn't send some stupid letter to Santa... I just gave my list to my mom and lo and behold there were the presents.... well at least a few of them.
Sorry to break it to ya folks, but no, there is no Mickey Mouse and no Easter Bunny. At least thats what I hear. Kids also think their doll, or their teddy bear is real too. Is Barbie evil as well? Maybe that stuffed tiger I had as a child (and thought was real) was Satan in disguise.
The fact is, "creating" live objects from imaginary or inanimate objects is natural for children. It promotes creativity and imagination. But THEY GROW OUT OF IT. They begin to recognize the difference between real and imaginary at a young age. Or... at least some do. It apprears some don't.
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
BTW, I voted NO. Santa is not idolatry. I've never worshipped Santa, never bowed down to a tree, never praised the Easter Bunny. Never paid homage to mistletoe.
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
I always told my girls that there is no Santa Claus,I told them Me and Mom buy the presents.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
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