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Why Children Need Santa Claus, and How I Fixed Him
Let the self-righteous agnostic vitriol about not lying to children commence.
Children need to believe in Santa Claus. There I said it. Let the hatred of all things Christmas that don’t directly mention Christ begin. Let the self-righteous agnostic vitriol about not lying to children commence.
Before you attack, hear me out. I may not be an expert on child rearing, and often feel like a failure as a parent, but this is something I firmly believe I got right.
Well before my wife and I had kids, we were appalled at the ungratefulness of children towards their parents every Christmas. We heard them in stores begging for gifts far beyond their parent’s means. We saw more than once an ungrateful child upset on Christmas morning that Santa didn’t come through with the ultra-hard-to-get and very expensive gift. I remember first hand watching a child shower their affection for the gifts Santa brought them, while their parents’ gifts were boring and unworthy of their time.
Santa gets all the credit for everything good, while parents get the flak for everything lacking. I’m sure you’ve all witnessed it yourselves, and maybe vowed like we did, that Santa would never be the focus of our gifts. Perhaps you would cancel Santa Claus once you had…
