What have we done and what do we think we are doing?
I couldn't think of a good title for what I wanted to talk about today. I am sure I have written on this before but not many people read my bog, nor after they read it will many agree. I seem to be in a minority of people who choose, or have chosen not to lie to their kids about Santa Clause. We have never "done" Santa in our house. It was for no other reason than we know it to be lying.(HUGE GASPS AND SIGHS AND SHAKES OF HEADS!!!)
We have always had fun on Christmas morning without all the "what did Santa bring you stuff". We have shared the history of Santa and how the legend came to be. What got me to thinking about this was a friend on FaceBook asking when he should start using Santa as behavior modification for his son. I told him never, that you should expect the same behavior from your child at all times. EVERY comment after that condones lying to the child to get what they expect from them. THAT IS LAZY PARENTING, if you ask me.
Sure is it so much easier to just go along with the norm of lying and deceiving your child, because you WILL get flack about not doing the Santa routine. I started to say that I just don't get it, but we do live in a fallen world. There are a lot of people out there who do not have a relationship with God, oh wait.....What about the ba-gillion CHRISTIANS out there doing the exact same thing???? Lying. I could just sugar coat it, and a lot of Christians who read this will justify it, but you are still lying. It is no wonder our society is going the way it is going.
I have heard of children choosing not to believe in Jesus after they found out their parents were lying about Santa. "You told me Santa was real, how am I supposed to believe you about Jesus?". I am not trying to point a finger, I am trying to get some people thinking about what they are doing, what they have done. Shoot if you will tell a little white lie about Santa, what other bigger things are you willing to lie about, do lie about? Anyway you look at it lying is wrong, look at all those people who show up at American Idol tryouts who have been told their entire lives that they can sing? I guess we wouldn't have any one to laugh at if they hadn't been lied to.
That is all I have to rant about today :-)
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