Christmas-Time Hate
I hate Santa Claus.
There, I said it. I’m not sure I have ever brought myself to say it quite like that before. It feels good to get that off my chest. It’s not something one is supposed to say, or even think. Maybe some would think I’m some kind of radical, nut-job wacko for saying it. Please let me share some of the thoughts that brought me here.
- At Christmastime ask any kid you like, even Christian kids, who it is that sees and knows every good or bad thing kids do, who brings kids good gifts if they are good and nothing if they are bad, whom they never see, and who lives in a far away place they have never visited. How many do you think will answer with “Jesus” instead of “Santa?” The parallels between the two are shocking. Considering that Christmas is all about Christ, it seems suspect that the next most popular Christmas figure is nearly a direct replacement for Jesus Christ in the minds of children who have been indoctrinated with the Santa myth.
- The story of the jolly old elf coming with gifts is a lie. Do I need to add to that? Why should parents lie to their children? Is not the truth of Christmas more wonderful than the hoax of Santa Claus? With the previous point in view, do you think that children will still believe in Jesus after they have been undeceived regarding the silliness of that whole Santa thing; after they have realized that their own parents have lied to them their whole lives?
- In connection with the previous thought, I despise being expected to hide the truth. Someone is viewed as a bad person if they tell a child that Santa isn’t real. Why should telling the truth ever be such a dastardly crime? It’s bad enough that the rest of our society lies to their children, but I refuse to be coerced into complicity.
- Santa is a false god. Yup, you read that rightly. Parents are teaching their children that if they want something good they should ask Santa for it. And when they get it they are going to thank him for it instead of thanking the real source. I don’t know how that sounds to you, but to me it sounds like praying to a “magical” being that doesn’t really exist. Sounds like idolatry to me.
I hate it when the world substitutes their own ideas for Christ. I hate lying. I hate the suppression of truth. I hate idolatry. I hate Santa Claus.
Pastor Paul Gibbesh
About the Author: I preach the Word, pastor a church, and attempt to provoke others to righteousness.
AMWN! and AMEN!
Bless the Lord, I have always felt this way and have even been condemned for feeling this way.
I believe with all my heart that we should not start a pattern with our children, if we lie they will lie.
I have raised 2 children and still have 3 at home and none of them have been feed the illusion of Santa Claus and still to this day my mother will sign packages Santa Claus. (jokingly of course)
Thank you for being bold enough to have just said it!
AMEN!
You know, it’s very true that Santa is a false god. Some have deemed him
“Satan Clause.” It’s very sad that a “so-called” holiday that thought to be all about Christ is become what it is. However, Christmas is not “all about Christ,” in fact, its origin has nothing to do with Christ, its origin hast to do with the birth of a pagan sun god. And, it’s so slyly mixed in now as the birth of “the Son of God”. As much as Christmas is commercialized and is worldly and takes away from Christ, it really has nothing to do with Christ. And that’s what the world does, that’s what Satan does, is mix in “Christianity” or “religion” with his schemes to make them seem good, just as he did with Christ quoting Him Scripture when he was tempting Him in the wilderness in Matt. 4. Have a nice day.