SANTA'S COMING!

I'll warn you right now that this is a big kid's blog today and I hope you are not reading this if you are a kid, because I will feel sooo guilty. I should be studying but I am not doing well today.

So the thing that is seriously angering me most lately is about my ALL-TIME FAVORITE HOLIDAY. And if people don't quit trying to ruin it, I am going to go live in a forest home with my adopted children and we will have vivid imaginations and eat homemade candy whenever we want. 

The stores are going to keep opening earlier on Thanksgiving. and They're going to start decorating for Christmas over like labor day weekend pretty soon. And  Starbucks is going to charge me 50 cents more for anything with a Christmas-y name next year or something. But honestly, I can live with all of that. It pisses me off, but i can live with it. BUT. Ohhohohoh BUT I have to draw the line.

At these parents who refuse to let their kids believe in Santa. to those parents: I'm hearing your points all being shouted at me right now, and my response is this: BULLSHIT. Oh, is it selfish to lie to your kids? You think they won't trust you? He's too commercial? It distracts from the true meaning of Christmas?

It's selfish to rob them from the excitement and imagination they get from Santa. It's selfish to steal their imaginations, the little bit of magic this world has left. Everyone I know believed in Santa at some point. My parents never even outright told me that Santa wasn't real, and for this reason I know that there is a part of Santa that is as real as you and me. The magic of Santa and the generosity of Santa brings the magic of the season to me. And I trust and love my parents just as much if not more than some of my peers. YOU believed in Santa, didn't you? I even know Jewish kids who believed in Santa because their parents thought it taught generosity. and are you a worse person for it? If you're a stripper or a pimp then maybe you have a case against my arguments, I dunno.
Santa is too commercial, and doesn't teach kids the real meaning of Christmas? Saint Nicholas of Bari is the patron saint of Russia(and serfdom I guess?). He was known for his generosity, faith in humanity, and kindness to children. I don't know about you, but I was taught that the meaning of Christmas is giving and generosity. We celebrate the birth of Christ, and God giving us his only Son to save us. Santa gives to those all over the world and receives nothing in return, save for about a billion cookies. Our blind faith in Santa Claus reflects that seeing is not believing, and there is a greater power. 

I used to stare out my window late on Christmas Eve looking and listening for Santa's sleigh. and then I would find the brightest star in the sky and imagine that Santa was visiting baby Jesus somewhere by it and say a prayer that he'd make it to my house so that I could play with my brothers in the morning. 

I don't usually use this as a place to discuss my faith, but I just think this is insane and I had to vent. I don't want to be offensive, but I am honestly offended by the idea that Santa is somehow "wrong." There are so many ways to use Santa to teach your children the real Christmas stories and the true meaning of the season. Give them their youth, and stay safe. Happy Holidays!