Christmas Day is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the Savior of us all. Many people worldwide celebrate Christmas, including the birth of Christ, but many others do not. Most people (including many of those who celebrate the birth of Christ) also celebrate this holiday with the tradition of Santa Clause, but does Santa take away from the true meaning of Christmas- which is to celebrate the birth of our Savior?What do you think? Share your opinion in this poll and then support your vote by leaving a comment.
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Before I had children I thought about not including Santa Claus in our Christmas traditions. I didn’t want my children to say someday that I had lied to them in any way. But I remembered my own mother and her explanation to my brother and I when we realized who Santa was. She said “Santa will always exist if we learn to give of ourselves to others.” Isn’t that a lesson the Savior would have us learn. Santa Claus isn’t bad. Decide how you want Santa included in your Christmas.
I think, as stated above, it’s how you present it. He needs to be explained with Christ. He is the Spirit of Giving. How are you going to give of yourself and be more likeChrist. Give Christ a gift of yourself, put a gift under the tree to Him. Keep it through the year to remind yourself what you’re going to do. Ask yourself next year did you give yourself to Christ thru the year and do it again. Just keep giving “as Santa and Christ do@. Make yourself better. I think that is the spirit of Santa and the spirit of Christ. Include Christ in Christmas all you can with your traditions, then Santa will be in a proper perspective. Mmerry “Christ”mas.
I think explaining who Santa is, is a great idea! But we need to remember to teach the story of Christ and express the importance of him verses Santa. I let my children have fun with the idea of Santa until they are old enough to understand the reality of Christmas. I then transition them by reading them the real story of saint nick and let the lightbulb turn on, on it’s own. After that Christmas became more meaningful to us as a family. My children became more humble around the holiday. They no longer begged for toys but expressed kindness by asking to do something special for someone in our neighborhood. It is now a tradition to handout cookies and have the children read or make a skit on the nativity.
Our family celebrates Christ’s birth in April without the distractions the world provides. We let the children enjoy Santa now.
We schedule family service projects monthly since the needs of people are present year around.
No need to fight the world. Better to teach the children the real meaning of Christmas by actions rather than words.
I don’t see anything wrong with Santa Clause, Santa is just a fun part of Christmas folklore. As a child Santa did not shatter my belief in God or Jesus Christ, and when I eventually learned the truth about Santa, it wasn’t that big of a deal.
Yes… Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and my children are taught that, just as I was. If you are letting folklore come before the real reason of the season, then you will find an empty, hollow stocking in your heart.
Santa, Elves, flying reindeer, and talking snow men have there place in folklore and fiction, as long as that place is seperate from the truth.
I like to think that Jesus still relies on disciples to carry on his work and keep reminding us of his message in a down-to-earth, fun way. That giving fellow who actually lived and was known as St. Nicholas could well have been one of those disciples. People all over the world have long cherished his memory and tried to follow his example of generosity. And that is a good thing. They call him by different nicknames in different places, of course, so certainly “Santa” is as good as any. In my view, if delightful, colorful, secular traditions fill our hearts with joy and the spirit of the savior, then they must be from God.
In attempting to focus on the Savior, my children are limited to 3 presents on Christmas, just as Christ received 3 presents from the wisemen. Not including presents from relatives. (We make a big deal of their birthday, giving them lots of presents)
Also in reference to Santa, they know that he will only bring them 1 present b/c there are lots of children all over the world that are not as blessed as they are.