Argumentative Essay On Santa Claus

The Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Boogeyman, and Santa Claus, what do all of these have in common? For me, it is the innocence of a child. Children seem to be more gullible and believe anything you tell them; they do not know the difference between a lie and the truth. During the Christmas of 2003, I was five years old and still believed in Santa Claus. The fact of believing in Santa Claus expresses the innocence of a child and brings the magic to Christmas.

It can be argued that Christmas as a holiday is far removed from the way it was first envisioned. That said, there are certain element that many people share or celebrate making it an arguably complex holiday. As the preeminent children’s author of his generation, Geisel serving heavily on the minds of his young readers helped shape what Christmas means for many people with his narrative How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Though at the surface the work is a simple morality tale that promotes unity over consumerism, it has subtle nuances that make the work interesting on several

It is no longer pure myth as to why Santa cannot exist, especially if you take away the option of magic and leave pure scientific knowledge. With visiting 92 million houses across the world in 31 hours, 378 million kids receiving an average present of 2 pounds would make Santa’s sleigh weigh around 410,000 tons with 2,520,000 reindeer pulling. At a velocity of 1030km/s, which is the speed required to finish the feat in 31 hours, all of Santa’s reindeer would vaporize in under a second and so if Santa ever decided to deliver presents on Christmas he would experience of 4 million pounds of force, killing him

This leads into the most important difference between the book and the movie. In the movie it depicts that going to the North Pole to see Santa was all a dream, while in the book it made it all seem real. When children go see this movie, they might think that since the boy is having a dream that Santa must not be real. A lot of research has been done about kids believing in Santa. Gail Vines wrote about “the Santa delusion” from psychologist’s perspectives. According to Gail Vines (2007), children are able to

So you don’t believe in Santa Claus. It’s understandable. We find ourselves in an age of pure skepticism. We question everything. Science has taken hold of our lives, providing answers for all questions and dismissing anything that cannot be explained as either myth or fiction. So it’s quite understandable why you don’t believe, with no physical proof of his existence. It’s indeed understandable to lose sight of Father Christmas with the transformation of this holiday into one that, as of late, is used commercially as a lucrative crutch solely to make profit. It’s understandable to abandon Santa Claus after hearing countless people deny his very physical or even spiritual existence. After all, one tends to

Once the leaves begin to alter their color for the winter, most houses and businesses also change their appearance for the winter. Many families drag out their boxes of red and green to decorate their house for the holidays. Parents may brave a line stretching down the mall so their child can tell Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, what he or she wishes to unwrap on Christmas morning. Some parents question the effect of a child’s health or morals associated with the belief in Santa Claus, but, with research and psychologists weighing in on the subject, there is no tramatic evidence apparent in letting a child have faith in Santa Claus. Evidence gathered may suggest a benefit for children. Children should have the oportunity to believe in Santa Claus because it stems creativity and can improve mental health, shows youth an example of giving without expecting anything in return, and when the time comes, forces kids to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

As a writer once said, " The best lies are based on the truth, at least in part." ( Quote) Santa is one of these beautiful lies, but not all of him. Santa was real at one point, but is now dead, meaning he is real in history. Santa's origin story was exaggerated. For stories to spread widely, there needs to be embellishments, like Braveheart.

Santa Claus was well-known as a kind man who had a long white bread, wore big red-white clothes and carried children’s gifts with his flying reindeers as a vehicle. Christians all around the world have had Santa traditions since the 1820’s, which is lying children to believe in Santa, hang a sock on the window, behave nicely and go to bed early so that Santa can come and give them presents (Sleepypanda 2013). Until December 2016, psychologists claimed that Santa myth could destroy children’s trust to parents. "All children will eventually find out they've been consistently lied to for years, and this might make them wonder what other lies they've been told," (Boyle & McKay 2016)

The second relevant point to make is support of the claim that Santa Claus does indeed exist is that he is what brings joy to Christmas. For example, if there were no Santa Clause, Christmas would be as normal a time of year as any. But, since Christmas is the most joyous and happy time of year, it proves that there is a difference here. Additionally, there would be a far less joy at Christmas if there was no Santa Claus. In short, the joy and festiveness of Christmas proves that there is a Santa

During April we bring out the dusty, furry white bunny costume to fabricate the reason for millions of colorful eggs scattered in the grass. Malls hire fat white men, dress them up, and create elaborate displays of Santa’s workshop to create the illusion that “Santa has come to town”. We as a society accept lying to children for the benefit of their innocence and imagination. In Lars and the Real Girl, the town holds the same views when they lie to Lars and pretend Bianca (the sex doll bought online) is a real person and more importantly Lars’ girlfriend. Sadly the only person in town that struggle to go along with Bianca’s existence is Lars’ brother Gus, but Dr. Dagmar is able to bring Bianca to life when she hints, “ She is real. She is right out there ” after Gus had declared, “She is not real.” The similarities between Lars and lying to children are that we lie to benefit the person being lied to. In Lars’ case, the town was finally able to connect to him once Bianca arrived in town. They saw it as beneficial to play into Lars delusion as they watched him blossom into an active member of the community — a substantial difference from his normal solitary lifestyle. Similarly parents with children believe making up fictional characters to create a delusion like Santa, brings magic into their child’s life. It is also commonly understood, as a community the folk tale of Santa and naturally anyone in contact with young children are very cautious when on the subject. Many times friends, teachers, and neighbors will join in on the tale of old Saint Nick, just as the town had joined in Lars’ delusion. Typically as an unspoken rule, it is known that you do not tell a young child Santa is not real. Revealing to a child that Santa is a made up Christmas folk tale before they are ready to hear the truth, is worse than telling them the lie. Society would view

Santa Claus is an imaginary being, based off of the story of Saint Nicholas. Often we teach children myths, legends and fairytales to portray a theme to them on a level that they can understand, or sometimes we pretend something for fun, such as a doll being a child’s ‘baby’ but both we and the child know that the doll is fake and not a real baby. Despite this, I believe teaching kids that an old man drops down the chimney each year to give them gifts is wrong. Firstly, because it sets a precedent in the child-parent relation that some lies are OK, or even ‘good’, and this can have a bad effect on their understanding of honesty, parents should always be communicating truthfully to their child.

In some ways I feel like Santa Clause is another way that we perpetuate this divine concept. We tell kids if they behave and are good this red suited man will come and give them presents. In German cultures they

Many people all over the world, believing a myth called Santa Claus. This myth is based off an old story with a man named St. Nicholas. Now we celebrate this by believing that Santa comes down a chimney drops down presents and eat your cookies. Obviously some people aren't in the spirit, so they tend to believe their parents do all the work. Probably the main reason why you don't believe this is because you are the ones not getting the gifts. As you may know, if you are not good you don't get presents. If you have not received a present you haven't been believing. Also ask little kids. They are actually more intelligent and more creative. In all, it's not the myths problem it is yours for not believing.

Christmas is magical in the eyes of a child. At least, that’s how it was for me. Every year, as the month of December rolled around, the lights were strung and the trees were set up, I sent my letter out with a hopeful heart that Santa would make an appearance on my doorstep on Christmas Eve. The December of 2008 was the year that I wished for an electric scooter. I mailed my wish list to Santa, knowing he would prevail and deliver that Razor electric scooter with a hand brake and fat tires. Christmas morning was perfect! Santa had brought me a plum colored, shiny, and fully charged electric scooter and my younger sister, Olivia, a hot pink one. They were perched on their small silver kickstands in front of our eight foot tree that was weighed down with years worth of homemade and souvenir ornaments. The scooters were free of a box or wrapping, just how Santa always brought the gifts. As soon as the all of the presents were ripped open and breakfast eaten, I pranced outside to test out my new ride. It was a crisp, wintry morning with gray skies. I cruised back and forth on the scooter in front of my house for hours, accelerating on the uphills and coasting on the downhills with the cold wind blowing through my tangled hair and my nose turning pink from the low temperatures. It was my absolute favorite present.

Things aren’t always black and white and the decisions we make as parents are often a result of our own heartaches and pains. Which is why to answer the question as to why we did, what we did, concerning the teaching of Santa comes in the form of a story for me.