Posted on 12/09/2019 7:20:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Nice blob of incoherent blather.
Respectfully disagree. I used this approach myself. It is totally truthful and offers a chance to give biblical testimony. I did not know that St. Nicholas struck Arius lol.
Snowmen and the red-clad home-invader are stealthy BABY JESUS substitutes.
Same with bunnies at Easter, chocolates.
Same with “Happy TURKEY Day”
Stealthy, I admit.
He lost me at the lying to Nazis about Santa Claus part.
I read up to the comparison of “lying” to children and lying to Nazi’s. I skimmed a few sentences after that.
I’m up for: “Santa Claus is ... you. It’s time for you to notice who is naughty or nice, to anonymously give gifts according to what will benefit them, to let them know that someone cares regardless of your frequency of interaction with them. There is much that others do for you, without you even aware of who or what. Be Santa. Be Christ. Be aware, give care, sacrifice your self to lift & save others.”
If they believe that they also believe that Dems are honest.
I don’t think it really hurts one way or the other. Personally I always told my children that Santa was a make believe game we played every Christmas, they pretend to believe and then we leave them presents from Santa. They weren’t bothered by this in the least and were happy to “play along” as most small children are. However, I have cousins that sincerely believed Santa was real until they were pre-teens.
Take them down to the Welfare Office.
Then take them to Walmart the first day of the Month when the EBT Cards are “recharged”.
Santa actually shows up twelve times a year.
I forgot. Have them watch the Democrat Presidential Debates.
Explain to them that one of those Morons could be the next Stalin Claus.
RE: I did not know that St. Nicholas struck Arius lol.
Really? How unkind of him. Not even Trump would do that to Adam Schiff....
“I used this approach myself. “
Article is too poorly written to even know what “approach” is being recommended.
As parents we set our kids up to hearing and accepting lies about old St Nick and other mythical creatures and then the government steps right in with their lies of how they’re just here to help us. What a knock out combination.
I did the same thing with my kids about using the real St. Nick to morph from believing in Santa Claus, to learning of the real St. Nick, to talking about him being a hero only because he lived his life doing the love God, love your fellow man thing. And I'm a Protestant -- I'm an example where we can use church heroes as examples even if I disagree with the Catholic church's canonization of saints (because I believe all believers are saints, not just a select few) and certainly disagree with praying to dead church heroes.
However, the tales of him striking Arius might be a bit far-fetched. We're not even sure he was at the Council of Nicaea, although if I had to put money on it I'd say he was. We do know he was against Arianism.
And don't make the mistake I did many years ago when I heard St. Nick was against Arianism (the believe that Jesus being incarnate undermines God's monotheism), which I mistakenly confused with Arminianism (the belief that we're not all pre-destined to be believers/non-believers).
When my kid was still young enough to want to believe in SC, I asked him how he managed to get to every house right at midnight everywhere in the world (keeping is simple, avoiding time zone issues).
Then I gave him the answer: Quantum Mechanics. Though too young to understand, I started introducing him to the Many Worlds Interpretation. As he got older he lost interest in SC but now has a very healthy interest in science, physics and quantum mechanics.
I never had to burst any bubbles. On his own he lost interest in the myth of the great non-Amazon delivery man in the sky.
I am showing my age here:
In the second grade we were taught about the old man who gave gifts snd how that became the santa Claus story.
Pennsylvania schools use to teach churchy stuff.
Long before that I knew that my dad was the real santa for our family. Something about a song about mommy kissing santa Claus.
Three card Monte.
Three cards face down.
One is pic of Nadler, one of Shiff, one of Santa.
Challenge is to turn over the Real one.
I notice “Let them watch ‘Trading Places’ or ‘Bad Santa’.” is not on the list.
Permissible.
But damages very young minds.
If you want to cultivate imagination, read them a book.
But causing them to believe some magical being is going to drop a bunch of free stuff under the tree every year is, at best, silly.
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