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Is It OK to Lie to Our Kids About Santa?
Christian Post ^ | 12/08/2016 | Joshua Straub

Posted on 12/08/2016 8:55:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

I didn’t lie to my child. I told her about the real St. Nicholas


61 posted on 12/08/2016 10:16:25 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SeekAndFind

Santa IS NOT A LIE. He is in every department store in the country.


62 posted on 12/08/2016 10:20:45 AM PST by Spunky
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To: NorthMountain

Don’t worry. I’ve got your back.


63 posted on 12/08/2016 10:22:39 AM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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To: VanDeKoik; metmom

Not necessarily. Many children feel that devastation finding out their parents lied to them about things they held dear - Santa, the Easter Bunny, tooth fairy.

Adults underestimate the amount of blind trust our children put in us.


64 posted on 12/08/2016 10:28:49 AM PST by reaganaut (Yes I am female, yes I love guns, yes I carry and yes I reload and handload my own ammo.)
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To: SeekAndFind
5. Focus on imagination!

I read that as "immigration" and thought "Yes!...wait, how does that fit...ooohhhh.

65 posted on 12/08/2016 10:29:47 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Kirkwood

//Kids who don’t get to believe in Santa Claus and his generous, giving qualities will grow up to be SPOILED SNOWFLAKES!//

Wrong. See my post #39. And Santa as portrayed now is not generous at all, but a man who has to be bribed to get material goods.


66 posted on 12/08/2016 10:30:54 AM PST by reaganaut (Yes I am female, yes I love guns, yes I carry and yes I reload and handload my own ammo.)
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To: Jim 0216

When I told my children, I simply told them that I was their Santa and it’s an important lesson for grown-ups: that giving without any expectation of receiving anything in return (including credit) is a beautiful thing. I thanked my children for allowing me to learn this through them. They completely understood. They were not the least bit upset.


67 posted on 12/08/2016 10:31:35 AM PST by marstegreg
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To: BlueLancer

“”You better watch out. You better not lie.” Wait. What?!”

I don’t remember any words like that in the song ...

“You better watch out. You better not cry.
You better not pout, I’m telling you why ...”

It was a deliberate trap to unmask Heathen. If you’d spent time wearing a hair shirt and flagellating yourself for Jesus instead of making joyous merriment you’d never know the words were wrong. This is exactly the kind of knowledge that serpent in the garden promised you.

Consider yourself ensnared.


68 posted on 12/08/2016 10:34:12 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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It's worse than most would believe.

But we'll get the truth out of that creepy bastard yet.


69 posted on 12/08/2016 10:37:39 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: VanDeKoik

Man, I’d like to see this article rewritten along the lines of “ do we, as Christians lie when we tell our wives that the jeans they are wearing do not make there butts look big “.


70 posted on 12/08/2016 10:51:18 AM PST by warsaw44
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To: warsaw44

Please excuse spelling mistakes...darn auto correct on phone.


71 posted on 12/08/2016 10:52:59 AM PST by warsaw44
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To: warsaw44

>>hen we tell our wives that the jeans they are wearing do not make there butts look big “.
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Don’t lie to your wife. Simply tell her the cut/style doesn’t do her “justice”, and other pants flatter her more.


72 posted on 12/08/2016 10:53:37 AM PST by Right-wing Librarian
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73 posted on 12/08/2016 10:56:32 AM PST by dfwgator
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"...do we, as Christians lie when we tell our wives that the jeans they are wearing do not make there butts look big?"

Well, my response to that question was: "It isn't the jeans that do that ..."

And that's when the fight started.

74 posted on 12/08/2016 10:58:14 AM PST by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: reaganaut

That reaction is still absurd for anyone over the age of 8.


75 posted on 12/08/2016 11:01:08 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: dfwgator
If Santa knows who’s been bad or good, he should be working for the CIA.

He's more powerful than that...


76 posted on 12/08/2016 11:13:07 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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77 posted on 12/08/2016 11:16:55 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Why do people think they need to include Santa Claus at all??? Is Jesus Christ not enough???


78 posted on 12/08/2016 11:18:05 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: reaganaut

Thanks you.

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79 posted on 12/08/2016 11:22:29 AM PST by Mears
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To: DennisR

LOL!


80 posted on 12/08/2016 11:26:33 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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