Comments on: Santa in a Christian Home http://www.hoei.com/blog/archives/2005/12/23/151 Home of the Osborne family Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: TheOzz http://www.hoei.com/blog/archives/2005/12/23/151#comment-431 TheOzz Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:27:35 +0000 http://www.hoei.com/blog/?p=151#comment-431 Brian, As for Spirit of Santa being about the joy of giving, I don't see that being taught very much. I see so many kids get caught up in what they are going to GET rather than what Santa is going to give. We are not trying to take Santa or the spirit of giving out of Christmas at all. Yes, we focus on the story of Jesus. We do this as a truthful distraction to the fabricated stories built around the mysterious visit on Christmas by Santa that we face everywhere we take our children. We are just trying to turn the focus away from Santa in a way that will not cause our kids to ruin the fun that other kids have with Santa when the subject comes up in the future. We do not teach our children that the story of Santa is fabricated. On the contrary, we teach things like the book "Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend" listed in the post. Thanks for the comment! Brian,

As for Spirit of Santa being about the joy of giving, I don’t see that being taught very much. I see so many kids get caught up in what they are going to GET rather than what Santa is going to give.

We are not trying to take Santa or the spirit of giving out of Christmas at all. Yes, we focus on the story of Jesus. We do this as a truthful distraction to the fabricated stories built around the mysterious visit on Christmas by Santa that we face everywhere we take our children. We are just trying to turn the focus away from Santa in a way that will not cause our kids to ruin the fun that other kids have with Santa when the subject comes up in the future. We do not teach our children that the story of Santa is fabricated. On the contrary, we teach things like the book “Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend” listed in the post.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Brian Bonner http://www.hoei.com/blog/archives/2005/12/23/151#comment-430 Brian Bonner Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:36:19 +0000 http://www.hoei.com/blog/?p=151#comment-430 Although I understand making Christmas more about Jesus than Santa, I think the situation was just handled badly. The Spirit of Santa lives in all of us, and it is the joy of giving, so you see Santa is real, and God loves the Santa in all of us. In fact Sanyta is another aspect of God, the desire to give of ourselves without the need to recieve in return. Happy New Year! Although I understand making Christmas more about Jesus than Santa, I think the situation was just handled badly. The Spirit of Santa lives in all of us, and it is the joy of giving, so you see Santa is real, and God loves the Santa in all of us. In fact Sanyta is another aspect of God, the desire to give of ourselves without the need to recieve in return.

Happy New Year!

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