Santa Who???

SO, this is most likely a touchy subject for some people, but, sadly, it really shouldn't be. One of the moms on myspace sent out a bulletin exclaiming that she doesn't celebrate Christmas with Santa. She said that she doesn't understand the concept of lying to our children all year and thought that it takes away from the true meaning, Christ's birth. Now....I understand the concept, yes, the true meaning has been lost in some families, but, if you are smart, if you have faith and share the meaning of the holiday with your child and family, then why would you need to axe the man in red completely? I mean, Jesus is with us always, Santa, we celebrate him one month out of the year. I think in not celebrating Santa because you feel that you are betraying
your child, you are almost robbing them of a certain innocence that comes along with the intense imaginations that our children innately posses. I think that if you decide to kill off Santa completely, when does it end? The Easter Bunny? The Tooth Fairy? What about Disneyland...does she say, "Oh honey, that is not Mickey Mouse, that is some 14 year old girl dressed up as Mickey. She works here, all the characters do, it is just made up." When do you say, enough preaching is enough? I just don't understand it. I mean, this world all on its own is not the most beautiful place...it can be scary. We already all know that our children grow up entirely too fast...why push it even more by taking away this memory? These icon? This pure and amazing wonderment that we remember as children? This mom, she goes on to say how she felt lyed to and betrayed when in 4th grade someone slipped to her that Santa is not real...that she stood up for him, and she wasn't going to do that to her children. Bullshit. I think it is absolute crap. My children have amazing imaginations, I am going to feed those little brains as much pretend, made up, dress up, imaginary things that they want...afterall, Imagination is EVERYTHING. Merry Christmas lady...I hope that Santa brings you a big ole' lump of coal.