Author	Thread: How does your Christian heart and spirit feel about "harmless white lies"? Are they TRULY "harmless'" in a Christian lifestyle? Is "Santa Claus" a "white lie" that God sees as "harmless" and OK for Christians to be a part of fostering in their younger children's lives, like the world believes?
Admin	How does your Christian heart and spirit feel about "harmless white lies"? Are they TRULY "harmless'" in a Christian lifestyle? Is "Santa Claus" a "white lie" that God sees as "harmless" and OK for Christians to be a part of fostering in their younger children's lives, like the world believes? Posted : 9 Nov, 2010 09:06 AM How should Christian parents and relatives TRULY deal with "Santa Claus" at Christmastime to bring honor, glory and praise to God in the parenting of their children at EVERY age? This question is for the gals AND guys, of course ... and one that always come up as bothersome to my heart and spirit at this time of year ... I keep wondering why it should even be considered as a "fun necessity" for younger children and "harmless" to lead them to believe there is a "Santa Claus" who brings them their Christmas gifts? I'm "none the worse for wear", I admit, because MY parents allowed ME to believe in the myth of "Santa Claus" delivering our Christmas gifts at that age, but still ... I think I would've been just as pleased to know that the gifts I received at Christmas were given out of love by my relatives without "Santa Clause's" involvement at all, as representative of God's love for all of us and His giving of His Son in the birth of Jesus as the Savior of the world from sin, which is what Christmas was originally and is STILL what it SHOULD only be about for Christians!!! So ... this is another two-fold question ... first about "harmless white lies" in general ... then, specifically, about the so-felt by so many "harmless white lie" of telling young children there is a "Santa Claus". Steve Post Reply
View Profile History	How does your Christian heart and spirit feel about "harmless white lies"? Are they TRULY "harmless'" in a Christian lifestyle? Is "Santa Claus" a "white lie" that God sees as "harmless" and OK for Christians to be a part of fostering in their younger children's lives, like the world believes? Posted : 12 Nov, 2010 03:19 PM I never knew Santa was such a touchy subject. I'm still glad my son wasn't jilted out of his childhood though. Post Reply
View Profile History	How does your Christian heart and spirit feel about "harmless white lies"? Are they TRULY "harmless'" in a Christian lifestyle? Is "Santa Claus" a "white lie" that God sees as "harmless" and OK for Christians to be a part of fostering in their younger children's lives, like the world believes? Posted : 14 Nov, 2010 09:57 AM I understand where you're coming from edw, because I've has similar thoughts... that if I don't let my future children experience "traditional" childhood things that they'll be jilted. BUT, it's important to keep in mind that indulging a child and properly parenting them are different things. A child who is parented properly, even if they haven't had a particularly fanciful childhood, has not been jilted. Also, if Santa was a necessary part of childhood, then I'm sure God would have created him way back in Genesis. It's a lie to think that we have to keep up with the world in order to give children the proper childhood experience. Post Reply
View Profile History	How does your Christian heart and spirit feel about "harmless white lies"? Are they TRULY "harmless'" in a Christian lifestyle? Is "Santa Claus" a "white lie" that God sees as "harmless" and OK for Christians to be a part of fostering in their younger children's lives, like the world believes? Posted : 14 Nov, 2010 10:04 AM P.S. I'm not trying to imply that you weren't a proper parent. I just wanted to clarify that =) There is no perfect parent, of course, but there are worse things than the Santa issue! Post Reply

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