Santa claus

[cardero]

stephenw writes: I was just thinking that if Santa is indeed a lie, he's well worth it.

Actually the lie is very costly. When I think of the 16 years that my parents imposed Santa on my Christmas holidays, I can’t help but think of all the money that was needlessly spent on me for Christmas presents and I feel that there is no need for my children to put me through that same expense.

stephenw writes: Most of us tell lots of lies, why pick Santa to make a stand for truth?

Because it is cheaper if you just tell kids the truth and more satisfying when you pull somebody else’s children aside and tell them that their mommy and daddy is indeed Santa. Truth is the best present you could give someone. Everybody could use and handle the truth. I would prefer to receive the truth rather than another Swiss Colony Deluxe Cheese Assortment from Aunt Rhoda. More freedom, less binding.

 

[cardero]

For those that are interested, the Group release guide to toxic toys is in.
Not only is it deceitful to encourage Santa to children (almost typed Satan by mistake ) but it is becoming increasingly hazardous to their health.

Groups release guide to toxins in toys - Yahoo! News

 

[blackout]

I'm sorry...
but I almost hit the floor when I found out my 13 year old music student
still believes in Santa!!!
And my 15 year old (who doesn't go to school) says that this is not uncommon!
13 and 14 year olds believing in Santa!

We are teaching sex education to children who still believe in santa claus.
:slap:

Question to those with kids in schools...
If the kids tell each other everything about sex and everything else...
why don't they set each other straight about the santa myth?
I would think a 13 year old would be mocked for believing
such an obvious stupidity (at that age)!
Don't friends at school set each other straight?

Or do the kids get detention for "talking"?!?
(is there a christmas gestapo?)

 

[Mathematician]

I can attest to that! I know of freshmen in high school who are having health class under the presumption that Santa and the Easter Bunny are real. :sarcastic Seriously, give up on the myth. It saves you money. It saves your kid from greed. Why even do it in the first place? Cuz it's funny? Cuz it enforces a belief in the supernatural?

 

[Smoke]

I can attest to that! I know of freshmen in high school who are having health class under the presumption that Santa and the Easter Bunny are real. :sarcastic

God's teeth! My great-grandmother told me she believed in Santa till she was eleven, but I assumed that was because they didn't have television or radio or much exposure to the outside world. Just home, school, church, and the factory. But what's the excuse now?

My husband says he believed in Santa till he was ten or twelve, and I was shocked by that, but high school? It boggles the mind.

And you wonder where all the creationists are coming from ...

 

[jacquie4000]

You can actually trak Santa. The site even tells your kids when it is time to go to bed.
NORAD TRACKS SANTA 2007

Have fun.

 

[McBell]

You can actually trak Santa. The site even tells your kids when it is time to go to bed.
NORAD TRACKS SANTA 2007

Have fun.

You telling me that a group of people who cannot tell you within fifty miles where a storm that is 150 miles in radius is can pinpoint a fat man in a sleigh being pulled by reindeer?

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Santa Claus is a fairy tale, and like all good fairy tales, it seems best to present it to children as a fantasy.

After all, there is some good in fairy tales, isn't there?

Then, it is not lying, it is storytelling. It isn't setting them up with false expectations because they haven't even developed the ability to abstract yet.