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Is Santa silly?

Arran

I'm writing this as someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas in either a religious or cultural sense. From a young age I was told that Santa doesn't exist and is just a silly hoax that parents play on their kids. It never affected me in any bad way and neither was I expecting to find wrapped presents mysteriously appear on the morning of the 25th day of December. If anybody in my family received a Christmas gift then it was usually opened on the same day. A downside to this is that even from the age of 4 or 5 I went round telling kids at school "Father Christmas isn't real, it's all made up, your parents buy Christmas presents from the shops" which often resulted in me getting into trouble whenever they got upset. I once had to report to the head teacher after completely reducing a classmate to tears.

Is the concept of Santa a silly nonsense or is it part of the joys of childhood? Do you tell your own children the truth or would you prefer to go along with the cultural norm? Is pleasing one's classmates more important than knowing the truth? What about children at school who follow different religions so do not celebrate Christmas - where do they fit in?

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  • Paull said:

    A country is only as strong as it's leader, this ignorant selfish woman has not spoken out about anything political in 60 years, a sign of weakness. She is not powerless like people are led to believe, she has world status and a platform to speak but choses to keep it zipped in order to protect her luxurious lifestyle.

    A weak leader makes weak people makes a weak country.

    The monarch hasn't exercised any direct political power for centuries. But the indirect ways the political influence of the crown has been used isn't exactly glorious. Queen Victoria herself reported that her grandfather George III had used his own money to buy elections. She, in turn, used her personal influence to interfere in the elected government's cabinet formation. If we want to see our views - whatever they are - effectively represented by our politicians, we should be eternally thankful that the Queen exerts as little influence as she does. Frankly, I'm slightly alarmed by the extent to which Prince Charles interferes.

    Alex R (posting personally)

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  • Paull said:

    A country is only as strong as it's leader, this ignorant selfish woman has not spoken out about anything political in 60 years, a sign of weakness. She is not powerless like people are led to believe, she has world status and a platform to speak but choses to keep it zipped in order to protect her luxurious lifestyle.

    A weak leader makes weak people makes a weak country.

    The monarch hasn't exercised any direct political power for centuries. But the indirect ways the political influence of the crown has been used isn't exactly glorious. Queen Victoria herself reported that her grandfather George III had used his own money to buy elections. She, in turn, used her personal influence to interfere in the elected government's cabinet formation. If we want to see our views - whatever they are - effectively represented by our politicians, we should be eternally thankful that the Queen exerts as little influence as she does. Frankly, I'm slightly alarmed by the extent to which Prince Charles interferes.

    Alex R (posting personally)

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