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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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  • Of course, nothing can sway from the truth. If something is then to say it isn't is a lie, if something isn't then to say it is is a lie. Everyone for the santa lies can only add things like saying it didn't harm them, it's innocent, theres no evidence it's harmful etc.. they are missing the point entirely.

    The young mind is at it's most vulnerable, every little thing a child experiences will affect that child in later life.

    If a growing child is told lies then it blurs the lines between fact and fiction, creates mistrust and interferes with the childs mental faculties, the parents are also educating children that lies are acceptable.

    No lie is innocent because even the smallest lie is like a seed, that seed can grow into a tree and that tree can grow into a forest.

    We currently live a society that lies more than tells the truth, the proof being that we are riddled with corruption and dishonesty, the media, the police, politics, business and even sport.  All the people involved were all once children. If they had been taught at an early age that no lie is acceptable then society on the whole would be less corrupt.

    It's a simple enough observation - if 99% of people in society told only the truth then there is 99% chance that a growing child in that society will grow up learning to tell only the truth, if 99% of people in society accepted and told lies then there is a 99% chance that a child from that society will grow up accepting and telling lies. A good society is an honest society, every single lie accepted and told by that society only serves to increase the likelihood of that society accepting and telling more lies, this is why no lie is innocent and therefore no lie should be accepted or told.

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  • Of course, nothing can sway from the truth. If something is then to say it isn't is a lie, if something isn't then to say it is is a lie. Everyone for the santa lies can only add things like saying it didn't harm them, it's innocent, theres no evidence it's harmful etc.. they are missing the point entirely.

    The young mind is at it's most vulnerable, every little thing a child experiences will affect that child in later life.

    If a growing child is told lies then it blurs the lines between fact and fiction, creates mistrust and interferes with the childs mental faculties, the parents are also educating children that lies are acceptable.

    No lie is innocent because even the smallest lie is like a seed, that seed can grow into a tree and that tree can grow into a forest.

    We currently live a society that lies more than tells the truth, the proof being that we are riddled with corruption and dishonesty, the media, the police, politics, business and even sport.  All the people involved were all once children. If they had been taught at an early age that no lie is acceptable then society on the whole would be less corrupt.

    It's a simple enough observation - if 99% of people in society told only the truth then there is 99% chance that a growing child in that society will grow up learning to tell only the truth, if 99% of people in society accepted and told lies then there is a 99% chance that a child from that society will grow up accepting and telling lies. A good society is an honest society, every single lie accepted and told by that society only serves to increase the likelihood of that society accepting and telling more lies, this is why no lie is innocent and therefore no lie should be accepted or told.

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