Comments on: Why I Told My Kids About Santa http://ymtheology.com/why-i-told-my-kids-about-santa Thinking theologically about youth ministry Mon, 14 May 2012 11:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kelly http://ymtheology.com/why-i-told-my-kids-about-santa/comment-page-1#comment-22 Kelly Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:03:21 +0000 http://ymtheology.com/?p=154#comment-22 We did the same thing with Kailyn - and for the same reason - to lead her to believe that he is real would be deceiving her and lying. I also have to share a deeper story that lead to our decision. Years ago a young lady was really struggling with accepting the truth of Jesus Christ. One of her biggest hang ups...Santa. She was raised to believe that Santa was real and suddenly she learned the truth that he was just a story. Now, in her young adult life, she was facing the reality of Jesus...and "how do I know that Jesus is not just a story like Santa"..."how long until someone tells me he was never real either" - I was just a teenager when this testimony was shared with me, but it still impacts me today. Kailyn has been the "Santa Spoiler" many times and it always interests me because even more than upsetting the kids, it's the parents that are so offended. We have been faced with "please ask her not to tell" also - which brought an unexpected dilemma. As I'm sure you have had to do...we handled this very delicately because in no way shape or form am I going to hinder her from speaking the truth in love...that is after all, what we are here to do right?! Anyway - after that long story - I love how similar our Santa stories are who knew our kids would under go persecution in regards to Santa! We did the same thing with Kailyn – and for the same reason – to lead her to believe that he is real would be deceiving her and lying.

I also have to share a deeper story that lead to our decision. Years ago a young lady was really struggling with accepting the truth of Jesus Christ. One of her biggest hang ups…Santa.

She was raised to believe that Santa was real and suddenly she learned the truth that he was just a story. Now, in her young adult life, she was facing the reality of Jesus…and “how do I know that Jesus is not just a story like Santa”…”how long until someone tells me he was never real either” – I was just a teenager when this testimony was shared with me, but it still impacts me today.

Kailyn has been the “Santa Spoiler” many times and it always interests me because even more than upsetting the kids, it’s the parents that are so offended. We have been faced with “please ask her not to tell” also – which brought an unexpected dilemma.

As I’m sure you have had to do…we handled this very delicately because in no way shape or form am I going to hinder her from speaking the truth in love…that is after all, what we are here to do right?!

Anyway – after that long story – I love how similar our Santa stories are who knew our kids would under go persecution in regards to Santa!

]]> By: Kathie Nestrud http://ymtheology.com/why-i-told-my-kids-about-santa/comment-page-1#comment-21 Kathie Nestrud Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:53:18 +0000 http://ymtheology.com/?p=154#comment-21 Your doing a great job. My question is: What in the World was 'santa' doing at the church??? Your doing a great job.

My question is: What in the World was ‘santa’ doing at the church???

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