If you try to refute the existence of Santa or the Tooth Fairy to any small child, they will question all points to the fact that you are wrong. However, we all know Santa (in his form today) is not real and it's grown-ups who have created that myth.
210160
No, we have historical proof that God and Jesus DO exist, we also have historical proof that Santa, Toothy and E Buny exist.
591410
Of course everyone is born an atheist. Adults believe in a great variety of religions, but you'll never see a 3 year old who believes in something different than their parents. They just believe whatever mumbo-jumbo is shoved down their young throats at home.....
121696
My husband and I agreed, much to the dismay of my family, that we would never tell are children that Santa or the Easter bunny brought their presents.  We feel that if you lie to a child once about something as small as that, they will choose not to believe you about other more important things, they will label you a liar, and we didn't want that. Our children are fine and don't care, my son has agreed not to tell other children out of kindness, and my daughter one year decided to believe in Santa on her own, and then the next year told us he wasn't real, that mommy and daddy were Santa.  So, I guess in the end kids will figure things out for themselves.
541891
Your question is very relevant.  You are right in saying that Christmas and Santa Claus is a joke.  Most Christians do not know that Jesus could not have been born on the 25th of December, since it would be freezing cold on that day in Palestine.  There would be no grass outside and shepherds do not keep their sheep outside at night in the open air.  25th of December is the birth day of the Sun God, in Latin called Dies Natalis Solis before Christianity came into existence.  It is the shortest day of the year, and the following day the it gradually became longer again.  So hundreds of years before Christ was born in Bethlehem, the people in Euroope had been celebrating the birth-day of the sun on that day and exchange gifts, decorated the evergreen trees as a symbol of life.  Jesus must have been born either in March or October, but derinitely not in December.  Jesus never told his desciples to celebrate His birth, but only his death and resurrection and not once a year but as often as possible in the communion service or the Lord's supper.\nMost of the accidents happen during holidays every year.  Santa Claus is not only a big joke but a big lie invented to make people doubt about God and Christianity.  Children in their innocence believe in Santa Claus, but later they realized that they have been deceived by their parents to scare them or bribe them to behave.  This experience is a seed that bear fruits of doubts in many children's lives as they turned into adulthood.  It is sad but it is true.  The only people who really benefit from it are the retailers.
359008
Even though I do not believe in god I do not compare god with Santa. You're not taking the people who believe in god serious by calling them addicts. All religions are not only something to believe in, but also a set of morals to live by. In practice most religions are more a way of life then a belief. Also does this believe help a lot of people, giving them more strength. If this religion helps them and makes them better people who are you to call them addicts? \n\nA part from that it is okay if you do not believe in god, but you have to understand that that is a belief al the same. You believe that there is no god. That is your reality, but for people who believe it is their reality that there is a god. Your reality is unique. By that I mean that what you see, feel, hear and most importantly think is unique. There is a point for every kid that they start calling themselves "me" and "I". That's when they're able to understand that they have their own mind. Self-conceptualization. You have to place yourself a bit more in other people and do not assume that your reality, your truth, is the only reality there is.
576591
Usually people like the ones in question are of a slightly low IQ but have enough back ground to be insulting. They have a slight grasp of The Bible but are not wise enough to get its messages. Often they are people who hurt becasue they thought GOD was Santa and didnt get their way! PRAY FOR THEM-- dont get upset!
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I am the youngest so Santa was kept up for a while because my sister and brother are both 6 and 7 years older than me.  My mom always did a pile of toys and goodies seperated into three piles from santa for all of us three kids.  She used to say when I stopped believing in Santa he would stop coming....one night i got up and went downstairs and caught my dad putting together a toy for me ...this sorta ended my belief in Santa...I wasn't heart broken or anything because it felt ok to know the truth....also at that point my parents shared with me the real meaning of Christmas....Jesus being born.  I think it's totally ok to teach kids about Santa in this big bad world of terror and grief why not give kids some enjoyment and happiness while they can still enjoy it and are young.  They will face the hard truth of this world before to long and the fantasy of life will be gone.
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Cause Christianity itself is a hoax,\nA farce and a false religion,\nYou want to uphold truth, but start with telling lies to your kids about Santa,\nJesus never said he is the physical son of God anywhere in the bible, But you made God his Father,\nThen you inducted a medium called the holy ghost and made a three in one,\nThen you say we are Gods Children but we have no direct access to him for redemption, \nWe have to confess our sins to yet another sinner as if God cant hear us direct,\nSee what the Bible also says about peace, and no doubt christians are so hypocritical in nature, talk peace and wage wars,\n"... Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword and; also the women and little ones.... every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy." (Judges 21:10-12)\n "This is what the Lord says: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass .... And Saul ... utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword." (1 Samuel 15:3,7-8)\n "The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their women with child ripped open." (Hosea 13:16)\n "A curse on him who is lax in doing the LORD's work!A curse on him who keeps his sword from bloodshed!" (Jeremiah 48:10)
542705
Santa's not real?!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! My parents told me Santa wasn't real at a very young age. My family was very religious and they didn't want me to Skew what they felt was the true meaning of Christmas(Jesus) So I never really took the news that hard...the problem was getting me to stop telling other kids Santa wasn't real. I felt it was my 5 year old duty to tell them the truth...needless to say not many people liked me in kindergarten.
673881
Nope.\n\nAnd in return, if you cant prove God does not exist, well then he just might. I cant prove fairies dont exist, so they just might.\n\nJust the way it works for me.
663409
Used to work for a charity that regularly sent kids to Lapland.  \n\nHaving regularly had to deal with the elves in his press office, I can assure any children reading this that Santa is very definitely real.
667560
i dont know but its funny because christians dont beleive in santa
35259
The short answer: God = Santa Claus.
79531
I can see your point. Indeed, most agnostics should admit that, ultimately, they are atheists.\n\nIf there is some agnostic around who doesn't agree on this, please explain us why you define yourself agnostic about God but not about Santa Claus.\n\nThe same goes for all the infinite things that you don't believe but cannot disprove ("right now there is a bottle of tequila orbiting around Pluto", "there must be an unicorn somewhere on Earth", "the person who is writing this (Flavio) is an intelligent computer", etc.)
221931
It is a myth.  Myths become gospel to some people who don't know better.  Moderation is key.  Some candies are just plain junk and frankly there are better things you could put into their little bodies that taste sweet.  If they have good brushing habits and good eating habits, candy will not hurt them.  If they start to gain weight, cut back.  But always ask your pediatrician and never let another parent dictate what you feel is best for your child.
340781
All Myths have a basis in fact. So although we teach children about a mythical person known as Santa Claus, he was in fact a real person. \n\nSaint Nickilaus (Santa Claus) was a Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century. He was known for leaving small gifts for children during the Christmas Celebration. He would ask the childrens parents during the year whether they were good children or bad children. \n\nHanging of stockings from a fireplace had it's origins at the same time as Saint Nick. Children would put thier shoes on the front porch and Bishop Nickilaus would but the gifts or coal in thier shoes. \n\nSo you see when we are talking about Santa Klaus to children, we are not really lying to them. We are teaching them that it is ok to believe.
117460
What if i dun think its not real... then i think its real right? but what if it really isnt real? then wouldnt it really be wrong? But what if im really wrong about it being real, then it might really be real... \n\nhaha... that was a mouthfull...