Of course witnesses don't teach Santa to their children, for obvious reasons. Do you see anything wrong in telling your young child that santa exists?
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Does your kid believe in Santa Claus?
by JH 10 Replies latest jw friends
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William Penwell
No not at all. What's the difference in telling your children that Santa exists than that Jesus exists? They both take faith to believe.
Will
Edited by - william penwell on 24 December 2002 20:38:54
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Athanasius
No.
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Princess
Yes, and they are anxiously awaiting his arrival with toys! We have cookies and milk waiting.
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El Kabong
What do you mean "believe in Santa Claus"? Are you saying there is no Santa Claus?
Nooooooooo It can't be. First, it's 1975, and now it's no Santa? I don't know how much more I can take.
Happy Holidays everybody!!!!!!!!
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Scully
I don't see what the difference is between telling your children that Santa Claus exists and telling them that God exists.
Let's face it, the "God" we believed in was going to make the world into a Paradise. He was going to make it so that a little kid could play with wild animals and remain unharmed. He was going to make sickness and death disappear. He was going to let you live forever and allow you to do all the things you ever wanted to do (as long as they weren't against his "laws" of course).
So what if a kid believes in Santa Claus. He's a guy that brings toys and gifts to children one day out of every year, usually something they actually WANT, not something that they might or might not get "some day" "around the corner" if they please God enough (go door-to-door).
Giving a child something to look forward to that is actually going to happen is not wrong, is it? By the way, my kids know that Santa Claus is just a "fairy tale" type character. Just like God is.
Love, Scully
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William Penwell
Scully,
I didn't say it was good or bad to believe in Santa or God. I was just making the analogy that they both take some faith to believe in them.
Will
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Jesika
Yes my son believes in Santa, he knows Santa is his parents.
My ex-husband told my son when he was 3-4 that santa wasn't real. He told him that santa was his parents and family.
Unfortunately, my son rolls his eyes at his classmates and tells them santa isn't real. Feel sorry for the other kids parents on that one. LOL
We didn't want to lie to our son (ex-husband never been a witness). So, we told him the truth. He tells us what he wants and he usually gets it, if he is bad, he gets a lump of coal in his stocking, and he KNOWS where it came from.
Jesika
edited to change lied to lie.
Edited by - jesika on 25 December 2002 1:47:12
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Scully
Sorry William:
My comments were just made in general, and not in response to your post. I'm at work and only had time to read the title of the thread and post my own reply.
Love, Scully
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target
Our Son was raised a JW and now at 29 years old he and his wife are celebrating their first Christmas today. They chose not to go the Santa route for two reasons. They didn't want to lie to their boys. They had enough of that with the borg. And second, they want their children to know who the presents come from so they can thank them. They said they don't want the kids to just be into getting presents, but to be thank those they get them from and learn about giving as well. We of course honor their wishes. I would imagine that it will apply equally to the Easter Bunny.
Millie