Why Do Parents Perpetuate the LIE of Santa Claus (and other fictitious characters)? | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 848526 United States 12/24/2009 11:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, just like I thought. Total silence b/c you all know it's wrong and you remember when it happened to you too. And then you do it to your kids b/c it was done to you. That's realllllly sicko, like abuse. Stop the insanity already. It's just more twisted sheeple bullshit and control. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 848525 United States 12/24/2009 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tend to agree with you. I was just commenting to my wife this AM, that it was annoying to me that the news is giving "Santa" updates as if it is real news. Well, I guess that the news doing this is ultimately not out of character, nor does it deviate from the daily practice of reporting mostly BS as fact. But, still it annoys me that they do this. I could go into all sorts of implications but, now is not the time. Just wanted to comment on the news perpetuation this nonsense. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 840124 United States 12/24/2009 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, just like I thought. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 848526Total silence b/c you all know it's wrong and you remember when it happened to you too. And then you do it to your kids b/c it was done to you. That's realllllly sicko, like abuse. Stop the insanity already. It's just more twisted sheeple bullshit and control. Sounds like someone just found out Santa's not real... |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 848526 United States 12/24/2009 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | AC476386 - Imagination and make believe is making mud pies and drawing and stuff like that. Lies are diff. AC848541 - A very good point - it DID make me who I am - always questioning and looking for underlying details in what wasn't said, instead of just hearing what was said. That was good b/c I soon realized my family life was full of lies, as was my brainwashing - er - education, and pretty much everything else. For that, I am quite thankful, but it's pretty lonely being awake when so many others aren't at that young age. And you dare not say a word to anyone else - ouch - branded as a weirdo. LOL That's why I like GLP - so many awake. Check out the David Dees illustration on [link to www.rense.com] today. It illustrates the confusion created by these Santa myths IMHO. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 848568 United States 12/24/2009 12:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why Do Parents Perpetuate the LIE of Santa Claus (and other fictitious characters)? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 848526Why? You know the truth must surface eventually, and then your kid realizes that you lie to them and start wondering what other lies you've told them. Your credibility is shot and then you wonder why you have trouble with your kid. So when I found out all these lovely entities like the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa were lies, I asked, "So Jesus is a lie too?" "No dear, that story's different. IT'S real." Huh? Huh? Huh? "Why??? How?? Show me the proof!!" "Well, you just have to have faith that it's true." So, parental unit just lost all credibility and now says TRUST ME. THIS story's TRUE. The truth is that the Santa story has less holes - and a better chance of being accurate than the Big J myth. All parents should cease and desist with the chicanery and superficial crap. WTF were you thinking, or were you thinking at all? Once people swallow the jesus bullshit lie, they will stupidly believe anything. christurds are some really, really dumb shits. - |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 848526 United States 12/24/2009 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is it so wrong to let a child have wishes and dreams? Quoting: Aileanai feel very sorry for you all Wishes and dreams are one thing. Lies and deception are another. As related to Santa et al., they are wishes and dreams for STUFF. Lots and lots of STUFF. I equally feel sorry for you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 824029 United States 12/24/2009 01:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Make believe and imagination....yeah but then why not tell the children it's make believe just like you tell them about cartoons not being real? Luckily, I don't have children of my own because I don't think I will tell them these things are real. I'd probably hype up the fantasy but they'd know the tooth fairy is not real. I'm the tooth fairy. I'm Santa. I'm the Easter bunny. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 848591 United States 12/24/2009 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, just like I thought. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 840124Total silence b/c you all know it's wrong and you remember when it happened to you too. And then you do it to your kids b/c it was done to you. That's realllllly sicko, like abuse. Stop the insanity already. It's just more twisted sheeple bullshit and control. Sounds like someone just found out Santa's not real... Yes, looks like. And totally missed the point of the whole thing. Santa Claus is clearly under severe attack this year. The powers and the scroogish idiots are trying to take joy and compassion out of Christmas. Actually, Christmas will be next. Scrooge them!!! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 847351 United States 12/24/2009 01:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I totally agree that parents lying to their kids about Santa and the other fairy tale characters sets the kids up to lie themselves. Whats funny is how most parents rationalize the lie one way or another. I will have to say you are flawed in comparing the story of Santa, etc.. to that of Yeshua. While Yeshua story may have been altered over the years, there is actual accounts of his existence. Santa Claus on the other hand, loosely based on Roman Catholic's St Nicholas and a creation of the Coca Cola company. Coca Cola brought us the image we now know as Santa. From what I've read, St. Nick did deliver presents to children in the Nordic countries, but this individual never traveled the world and has been dead for centuries (i've heard dark versions of this same tale). Very few say Yeshua is alive and kicking, just that he'll return, which could very well be fantasy. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2963 Canada 12/24/2009 01:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is it so wrong to let a child have wishes and dreams? Quoting: Aileanai feel very sorry for you all There are so many sourpusses around today who want to deprive children of their childhood. Shame on these people! |
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User ID: 846808 United States 12/24/2009 01:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa" What if when you tell the children the tooth fairy left the quarter under your pillow and you know you are the tooth fairy at that time and when the child gets older you tell them that you were the tooth fairy so you are not lying and the child had some fun imagining things? Same with Santa and the Easter Bunny? I know they really get a kick out of seeing Santa tracked by NORAD Mon Dec 10/9 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 847351 United States 12/24/2009 01:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is it so wrong to let a child have wishes and dreams? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2963i feel very sorry for you all I agree with you, Aileana. I believed in both Santa and the tooth fairy when I was a little child, and I was not harmed in any way by these beliefs. That's the magic of childhood which adults can never quite re-capture. There are so many sourpusses around today who want to deprive children of their childhood. Shame on these people! I can tell you that i was very upset with my parents for the lie when i was a child. You can encourage imagination without lies and deception! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 848526 United States 12/24/2009 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EGAD, I KNEW YOU'D SHOW UP CREEPY RUSS. Don't you ever sleep or something? To the other contributors here: So, the radar reports about Santa's sleigh are lies? And when the radar reports begin telling us Jesus is coming in, then we shall believe that? I DO believe in a creator, but the same questions that apply to Santa apply to Jesus and the answers do not ring true for either one of them. Like, how does Santa/Jesus see everyone all the time and know what they are doing? If I go against Santa/Jesus, I will be punished. Santa/Jesus love me because someone told me so and there's lots of books/songs to back it up so it's fact! |
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User ID: 385114 United States 12/24/2009 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hmmm...one could say that it teaches creativity, fantasy and encourages many to find self-expression. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847351You can encourage all these things in children without lying to them. I was going to say that is true, but then I realized if you had your way there would be no more talking anything and cartoons would go away and all the cool things I enjoyed as a child you want to take away from me. NO thanks, I enjoy talking toilet paper, talking syrup, santa clause, bunnies that make me cry and fake cartoons that seem to have adventures..>GOD BLESS Bozo the clown, Barney and the Pink Panther. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2963 Canada 12/24/2009 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | is it so wrong to let a child have wishes and dreams? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847351i feel very sorry for you all I agree with you, Aileana. I believed in both Santa and the tooth fairy when I was a little child, and I was not harmed in any way by these beliefs. That's the magic of childhood which adults can never quite re-capture. There are so many sourpusses around today who want to deprive children of their childhood. Shame on these people! I can tell you that i was very upset with my parents for the lie when i was a child. You can encourage imagination without lies and deception! Would Christmas be as much fun for a kid who didn't believe in Santa Claus? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 830154 United States 12/24/2009 01:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EGAD, I KNEW YOU'D SHOW UP CREEPY RUSS. Don't you ever sleep or something? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 848526To the other contributors here: So, the radar reports about Santa's sleigh are lies? And when the radar reports begin telling us Jesus is coming in, then we shall believe that? Does this Jesus character bring Legos? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 847351 United States 12/24/2009 01:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EGAD, I KNEW YOU'D SHOW UP CREEPY RUSS. Don't you ever sleep or something? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 848526To the other contributors here: So, the radar reports about Santa's sleigh are lies? And when the radar reports begin telling us Jesus is coming in, then we shall believe that? I DO believe in a creator, but the same questions that apply to Santa apply to Jesus and the answers do not ring true for either one of them. Like, how does Santa/Jesus see everyone all the time and know what they are doing? If I go against Santa/Jesus, I will be punished. Santa/Jesus love me because someone told me so and there's lots of books/songs to back it up so it's fact! Yeshua is not omnipotent, God is. Yeshua might have been God in the flesh, though i personally don't believe that story. Also going against Yeshua or God doesn't mean you will be punished. Depending on the context of what you are going against. Murder is damaging to your soul just happens to be part of the ten commandments. Come on even the story of Harry Potter teaches you that it takes murder to break your soul into pieces. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 848506 United States 12/24/2009 01:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our family has never done the benevolent super hero thing such as Santa or the Easter Bunny. But we haven't avoided it either, with the exception of the Tooth Fairy. We clearly communicated that we were reading "stories" about Santa; that the person at the mall was "dressed up" like Santa; that reindeer exist, but that they cannot fly; ETC. This way the fun can happen wihtout us telling lies. It was quite easy. We did it the same way one deals with Spiderman or other "super heros" - benevolent or not. Same goes for the Easter Bunny, and after about age four, they got to play the role as well - doing benevolent things for others playing as Santa, the bunny, etc. As for the tooth fairy, we didn't do that one at all. We created a tradition where the child sells their tooth at an "auction" type family meeting. The highest bidder got the tooth, and the person who lost the tooth felt special. The currency was not always US dollars. Sometimes it was treasured marbles, or a favorite toy, or even a CD. Mom and Dad would reimburse half the monetary value to the person "winning" the tooth. My now adult children have continued this tradition in their own families. |