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Originally posted by chissler
but those who believe in Santa Claus are you young to understand the concept of religion in the first place. [/quote
They are also to young to be lied too, i guess?
If you have never believed in Santa I guess you do not know what you are missing out on. [/quote
I don't consider beeing lied to, specially by my parents, something i "missed out on".
Let kids be kids, because that is all it is for.
yes, let the kids be kids, keep them pure, innocent, happy, filled with imagination, and above everything safe and loved... i agree... what i dont agree with is... how exactly does the santa lie protect, love, and keeps children pure ? they dont seem very happy when they find out that their dear "santa" that their parents SWEAR WAS TRUE, doesnt exhist after all ?
[quoteI am caught up in the spirit of christmas these last few days and remembering my childhood how excited I was during these last few days before christmas. Merry Christmas!
thats great.... so am I... but do you also remember how much it hurt you when you found out it wasnt true ?
I was lucky...i didnt feel that pain
Merry christmas to you and yours.
They are also to young to be lied too, i guess?
I don't consider beeing lied to, specially by my parents, something i "missed out on".
yes, let the kids be kids, keep them pure, innocent, happy, filled with imagination, and above everything safe and loved... i agree... what i dont agree with is... how exactly does the santa lie protect, love, and keeps children pure ? they dont seem very happy when they find out that their dear "santa" that their parents SWEAR WAS TRUE, doesnt exhist after all ?
thats great.... so am I... but do you also remember how much it hurt you when you found out it wasnt true ?
I was lucky...i didnt feel that pain
Merry christmas to you and yours
Originally posted by chissler[/]
No you are not lucky, I cried for 5 minutes over the fact he was not real, and enjoyed many years of being a kid. I couldnt sleep for a week before christmas, and my biggest hope was to one day meet him, If you have never experienced this you do not understand what it means to kids. They spend 11 months waiting for this guy to come, and nobody was going to take that away from me. I sincerely believe kids don't really care if he is real or not, it is the chance we give them to use their imagination. We spend 95% of our lives in the real world, lets leave this 5% to the imagination of an ambitious child.
Originally posted by chissler
I just keep hearing, Bah Humbug!
You still have made no valid point to say why Santa "Claws" is so bad, only because you are against this horrible lie that kids are told.
Millions of children are playing with their new toys as we speak, which their parents worked hard for and take no credit, because they let the jolly old guy have it for a few short years.
What is the harm?
there is nothing good about Sanat Claus...period.
Originally posted by chissler
Just because it is your opinion, does not make it right. Because I have a different opinion does not make me right. Because you are not willing to look at it from another perspective other than your own, you are missing out.
How can you knock something you have never taken the chance in?
I am finding it hard to believe you can believe that allowing a child to believe in Santa Claus is severly scarring them for life. :shk:
so ...go ahead ...keep the lies alive...if a child as to learn how to lie, let it be from the best ...their parents.
Originally posted by chissler
I may be way off here, but its my opinion that you have a personal vendetta against the parents. Is the problem here really with "Santa Claws" or the parents. If something has happened in your days that has caused you to be so against this, I respect your right to keep it personal, but from some of your posts it seems like you are 110% against this, and it seems a parental figure somewhere along the line is to blame.
While most say their is no harm, you are avid in saying this is wrong. Do you have anything you could add to allow us to understand why you are so against this. Saying it is doing damage to the kids is not possible because you can not prove it, So fill us in where possible.
Thanks!