Comments on: Not knowing what to do with Santa. http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/ Musings by Jon Acuff Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cinder Shaver http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-159839 Cinder Shaver Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:35:20 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-159839 My take on Santa has always been that I didn't want someone with a white beard, red coat and hat to take credit for what I do at Christmas...the kudos belong to the shopper! My take on Santa has always been that I didn’t want someone with a white beard, red coat and hat to take credit for what I do at Christmas…the kudos belong to the shopper!

]]> By: Catholic Mom http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-93704 Catholic Mom Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:47:57 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-93704 Like several people on this list, Santa was always a "game" in my house. We'd act like he was real but my kids always knew perfectly well he wasn't. Sometimes they'd actually say "Santa's just a game, right?" and I'd say "right' and then we'd get right back in the game. We had lots of games like that that we played, but my kids never had the slightest problem distinguishing what I told them I truly believed in to what I was clearly making a game of. They never told other kids that Santa 'wasn't real" because it never occurred to them that anybody would think he was -- just like it's not necessary to say "you know, that Barbie doll is actually not a person at all but just a lump of lifeless plastic and that "gun" is just a plastic toy." They assumed that kids understood that a game is a game. Like several people on this list, Santa was always a "game" in my house. We'd act like he was real but my kids always knew perfectly well he wasn't. Sometimes they'd actually say "Santa's just a game, right?" and I'd say "right' and then we'd get right back in the game. We had lots of games like that that we played, but my kids never had the slightest problem distinguishing what I told them I truly believed in to what I was clearly making a game of. They never told other kids that Santa 'wasn't real" because it never occurred to them that anybody would think he was — just like it's not necessary to say "you know, that Barbie doll is actually not a person at all but just a lump of lifeless plastic and that "gun" is just a plastic toy." They assumed that kids understood that a game is a game.

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]]> By: God's Dancing Child http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-64453 God's Dancing Child Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:11:02 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-64453 I absolutely could not stop laughing at this one for about 5 minutes. I don't know who the heck you people are, but I can tell this site is going to help me through a dark time. RAD. :) I absolutely could not stop laughing at this one for about 5 minutes. I don't know who the heck you people are, but I can tell this site is going to help me through a dark time.
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]]> By: God's Dancing Child http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-64452 God's Dancing Child Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:03:35 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-64452 I didn't read through all the comments yet, just the first ten or so. I have to say I am absolutely happy I came across this site/blog/whatever. It totally hits my off-beat comedy-loving sense of humor. And you speak Christianese to top that off. AWESOME. I didn't read through all the comments yet, just the first ten or so.
I have to say I am absolutely happy I came across this site/blog/whatever. It totally hits my off-beat comedy-loving sense of humor. And you speak Christianese to top that off. AWESOME.

]]> By: left field http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-64380 left field Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:51:10 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-64380 My biggest problem with Santa isn't Santa. My biggest problem is everyone who ruins it by trying to push Christ out of Christmas, in favor of worshiping Santa. We (my sis and I) believed in S and put out cookies and were amazed they were gone the next AM and neither of us are all jacked now that we are adults, b/c of believing it as kids. I don't think Santa is bad for kids to pretend with, but be careful how much time and effort you put into making your kids believe it. My wife and I tell ours who St Nicholas was back in the day and what he would do for the kids of his day and that is who the Santa character is based on but Santa is not real; not like Jesus is, And that Jesus is the real reason for Christmas. We also celebrate with a Birthday cake for Jesus on Christmas day. I just read an article where a "Town hall", or some local gov't building had a nativity set out on the lawn and the ACLU didn't like it so they were forced to either take it down or put a Santa on their lawn as well. How dumb! Maybe I can tell my kids that Santa was a sheppard who tended reindeer in Bethlehem??? People who don't believe Christmas is a Christian Holiday, need to find a different holiday!!!!! My biggest problem with Santa isn't Santa. My biggest problem is everyone who ruins it by trying to push Christ out of Christmas, in favor of worshiping Santa.
We (my sis and I) believed in S and put out cookies and were amazed they were gone the next AM and neither of us are all jacked now that we are adults, b/c of believing it as kids. I don't think Santa is bad for kids to pretend with, but be careful how much time and effort you put into making your kids believe it.
My wife and I tell ours who St Nicholas was back in the day and what he would do for the kids of his day and that is who the Santa character is based on but Santa is not real; not like Jesus is, And that Jesus is the real reason for Christmas. We also celebrate with a Birthday cake for Jesus on Christmas day.
I just read an article where a "Town hall", or some local gov't building had a nativity set out on the lawn and the ACLU didn't like it so they were forced to either take it down or put a Santa on their lawn as well. How dumb!
Maybe I can tell my kids that Santa was a sheppard who tended reindeer in Bethlehem???
People who don't believe Christmas is a Christian Holiday, need to find a different holiday!!!!!

]]> By: Donna http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-64372 Donna Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:10:31 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-64372 5 yr olds kind of live in the "Now"-and if they're talking about Jesus as a baby come to save the world in Sunday School and Church and bible study at home and Jesus Time at school, I don't think she quite grasps that Jesus is, at the same time, also Omnipotent. And at 5, the Jesus she relates best to is the little baby and little boy who is going to grow up to do great things, because he's at her level. I figure it's enough now that she loves Jesus and wants to please him. He'll make himself known more deeply when she's ready. 5 yr olds kind of live in the "Now"-and if they're talking about Jesus as a baby come to save the world in Sunday School and Church and bible study at home and Jesus Time at school, I don't think she quite grasps that Jesus is, at the same time, also Omnipotent. And at 5, the Jesus she relates best to is the little baby and little boy who is going to grow up to do great things, because he's at her level.

I figure it's enough now that she loves Jesus and wants to please him. He'll make himself known more deeply when she's ready.

]]> By: jon acuff http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63960 jon acuff Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-63960 Thanks, I had a lot of fun writing this one. Thanks, I had a lot of fun writing this one.

]]> By: Not Knowing What To Do With Santa « Kowalker.com http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-62901 Not Knowing What To Do With Santa « Kowalker.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:47:36 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-62901 [...] Read the hilarious details of Jonathan’s three points HERE [...] [...] Read the hilarious details of Jonathan’s three points HERE [...]

]]> By: Jane http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/12/not-knowing-what-to-do-with-santa/comment-page-4/#comment-62840 Jane Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:47:27 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/?p=1709#comment-62840 I killed Santa for my kids when I got mad at my youngest's whining and told her I bought the presents. Full story on my blog. I wish we could all just throw Santa off a cliff (metaphorically speaking - hang on is it possible to get metaphorical about a mythical personage?) with the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy and all the rest. Con #1 is right. I killed Santa for my kids when I got mad at my youngest's whining and told her I bought the presents. Full story on my blog. I wish we could all just throw Santa off a cliff (metaphorically speaking – hang on is it possible to get metaphorical about a mythical personage?) with the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy and all the rest. Con #1 is right.

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