Featured How do Christians deal with Santa Claus ?

I didn’t lie to my children. I gave them the history of Saint Nickolas. I told them Christmas as observed in the US is mainly a secular holiday that focuses very little on the birth of Christ.

I told them Santa doesn’t really exist and isn’t really giving them presents but it was ok to pretend he did. Their gifts were given by Myself, my Wife and other realities.

They took it pretty well, considering they were 4 and 5 years old. My wife was somewhat mad at me though.

peace to you

 

We did not focus on Santa or even include him in Christmas. I told my children that while some people who do not believe focus on gifts and Santa its really about Christ.

 

The parents are always the ones that throw the hissy fits. It’s never the kids

 

We've told our children flat out from the beginning at 1 or 2 years old that Santa isn't real.

We let them watch Christmas shows like the Grinch, and movies with Santa in it, but we explain that Santa is a fictional character and the holiday is for Jesus. We explain that the Christmas tree is a tree because Christ died on a tree for us and the gifts are symbolic of Christ giving us the gift of eternal life.

My wife's parents are unbelievers and don't like that we do that, but I've flat out told them that we're not lying to our kids and taking glory away from King Jesus in my family. Her parents aren't happy, but too bad.

 

Yep

it’s always the adults

 

Facial reconstruction of Saint Nicholas, early Catholic Bishop.




He also attended the first Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

Enormous numbers of great miracles are attributed to his intercession, it was like Apostles in their ministry.

 

He gave olives fresh from the tree to the heretics of his day.

Apparently he literally punched on with those not in line with Nicaea, hence he sports a broken nose in his face reconstruction.

Try find a Bishop today who would punch on for the Faith.

 

Momma says it’s ok, it’s just a little white lie

 

There are a number of issues. One, they came to a house, not the manger. Second, their number being 3, represent the number of type of gifts that were brought. Not the number of wise men that brought said gifts. Thirdly, they were not kings.

 

Apples to oranges.

When I was a child, I knew that the 3 little pigs and Little Red Ridinghood were not real. They were not presented as having religious significance or being attached to Christ.

Christmas is not the same. I DID believe for a while that santa was Christ's brother. THAT is NOT OK.

The problem for me is we are on a forum debating the context, accurate interpretation, and meaning of the word of God. Sometimes these discussions become quite heated.

Yet when it comes to christmas, do we just throw that same zealousness for the truth out the door and slap whatever we want to on the Son of God and say that is OK?

My daughter in law said she taught her children that the red part of the candy cane represented the blood of Christ.

Where do we draw the line?

 

Tell them the Truth. Santa’s Catholic, they’ll get over it.

 

Santa is secular. St. Nicholas is Catholic.

peace to you

 

So you consider him a saint?

 

According to scripture, all Christians are saints.

peace to you