The Holiday Lies...

what SANTA ISN’T REAL!!! HAHAHHA OMG hahah don’t play like that wink but yea I don’t understand either I think it’s to help get kids more interested in learning about the religion of christianity for example.

I have never told my children that any of those fictional characters are real. I have however told them that if they believe in magic anything is possible. My kids don’t think that Santa brings them presents…but they do know about Santa (and the Easter bunny). But I never said that they will bring them things.

I don’t see anything wrong with giving children something to believe in…as long as you don’t go overboard with it.

“they need to be taught the difference between fiction and fact”

and eventually kids learn the difference… but it’s not like it does them harm to believe in fairy tales for a while, kids dont exactly think the way adults do… they believe and think in different ways, and there’s no real harm in it as long as they grow up eventually. In the meanwhile, why get rid of the magic that you can only have when you’re at that age?

I totally agree with you. I don’t know why they do that, but I can hardly stand it!! :)

as they get older, they realize it those characters isn real. I dont see it as a big deal, I’ve NEVER liked santa and never cared bout him, the tooth fairy was great b/c I got money…and who doesn like getting money?? the easter bunny, I just thought it was bunnies that came out at easter. its isn a big deal, really. kids learn as they get older. it excites kids. lovestruck, youre taking it too far. parents teach kids that monsters isn real. parents knows how to handle those situations. it isn going to have any affect of them when they get older, it isn going to warp their minds or anything like that. it didnt me and it hasn anyone else I know. like ty said, its all harmless…its what make the holidays the holidays for some. let them have their fun and if you dont want to do it, fine. but dont act like its murder b/c one wants to have fun with their kids.

They’re stories… are you saying we should ban all fiction in the world? do you read non-fictional books or watch movies? Who turns suicidal from learning that santa claus isnt real? I mean kids are pretty young when they figure it out… Fairy tales are harmless…

Yeah, but they need to be taught the difference between fiction and fact, I’m not saying that we should “ban all fiction in the world,” I’m just saying that it’s wrong to lie to your kids and tell them something is real when it’s not. It might all work out in the end when they find out the truth, but it’s unnecessary. If they’re told that Santa Claus and all these other characters are real, why couldn’t the Bogeyman or all those other FICTIONAL monsters that hurt kids be real too? Who’s to say that being told that all these fictional characters are real might affect how they think when they grow up? Everyone needs something to believe in, but I’m just saying that it’s better to make sure that that something is real…

true, but it’s still a lie and the bible says not too. it doesn’t say there’s an exception to fairytale creatures or people just to make kids happy. some people believe in them until they’re in their twenties! and if they ever find out that’s its all lies, they can be suicidal. this HAS happened and I’m not willing to let it happen to my kids.

My parents never did that to me either and I thank them for it!

I am not a religious person, I have no “faith”, but I think that a lie, is a lie, is a lie. No matter who tells it or how it is told. Why parents tell their children about these “fairy tales” is beyond me. If you want your children to grow up with a fuc**d up sense of reality, then by all means, tell them Santa exists and the tooth fairy will bring them money for a lost tooth instead of telling them the truth. Great idea. perpetuate a lie simply because it was told to you. Why not start to think for yourself instead?