Santa Clause Argument

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

Fourteen days, four hours, and exactly forty-one minutes till Santa will be traveling around the world making everyone’s next morning full of joy. As I am aware, this is an exciting time year for elves. Many create the toys that will be unwrapped while others have the great pleasure of baking cookies, taking care of Santa’s reindeer, and of course the hardest job of all, working to read different letters from various of children around the world. Figuring that you are currently reading my letter, I know that you probably have piles of letter embroidered with name of the place all kids think about: to the north pole. Inside most of these letters, I know from writing a few myself, that many kids are asking the either one of two questions: “I’m I on the naughty list” or in other letters there are variations of “May I pretty please with a cherry on top get ____ for christmas”. However, today I am not writing about these main topics, I am writing you this to you in hopes that I can be enlightened of the magic of passion and creativity that you are so lucky to be surrounded by everyday. Moreover, you may be pondering this and wonder why I would be asking for a request such as this. I have just finished a semester of a passions within a creativity class and was hoping to share with you what I learned and hope to hear what your perspective may be. So, my current intention throughout the rest of this letter to show you something new

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

does not resemble the happy and cheerful world of Christmas trees and presents, but instead the reader is exposed to, what can only be

The Spirits of all three shall strive within me”(page 11, stave IV). This shows that Scrooge accepts he’s in need of change he also has figured out that he must respect Christmas as something other than a holiday for picking a man’s pocket. Scrooge is then shown as generous and selfless when he wakes up on Christmas morning, Scrooge looks out his window and sees a little boy. Scrooge then remembers that his colleague [Bob Cratchit] wanted the prize turkey for his Christmas feast, Scrooge asks the boy to fetch the butcher and says “Come back with the man, and I’ll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I’ll give you half-a-crown.”(Page 2, Stave V). This again shows that Scrooge is being

Two subjects that most people will never expect to find in the same sentence are Santa Claus and nuclear fallout. While it is true that finding a similarity between both of these subjects would seem like the pursuit of a deranged conspiracy theorist, one thing they can share is the method in which their debunking is presented on YouTube. The videos in question are Five Stupid things About Santa Claus, by Steve Shives, and Millions Die from Fukhishima Fallout!, by Thunderf00t. In both cases the narrator takes his outlandish category and uses confidence and other subtle psychological devices to subconsciously convince his audience of the validity of his point of view. In doing this, both show a mastery of communication by using the same method

The print ad, “The Magic of Santa”, does an effective job at reaching its targeted audience: a newly formed family with young children. “The Magic of Santa” conveys the criteria: accessible contact information, a reward for purchasing his product, invites the reader, and illustrates visual magnetism. The emotional response to these elements of an ad are important to attaining the interest of a targeted audience and connecting the rhetorical appeal to visualization. The palette of the ad is limited to shades of green, red, and a few neutral colors that serve as the medium.

There wasn 't one particular moment that I lost my faith; no one died, I had no epiphany. It took years of suspicion, snowballing as I grew older, until finally my concept of religion collapsed into Agnosticism. The whole situation reminds me of the Great Santa Revelation of Third Grade, just on a much grander scale. I was born and raised Catholic... to a degree. We only really went to church as a family on Christmas and Easter, maybe a few other holidays throughout the year to curb the guilt. I was Baptized, had Communion, and I went to Sunday school (well, it was on Mondays actually). To think, this is what started all my suspicions in the first place. As the years went by, I started to really pay attention to what I was being taught in church and at catechism. Things weren 't adding up. The Bible seemed to me like a storybook; exciting and magical tales to illustrate life 's philosophies. I had always assumed that was the point, they were made up for children 's benefit. But apparently, these stories are supposed, literal Christian history. As a student also growing up in the public school system, learning of science and "secular" history, I was conflicted. The Bible says that a man built a ship large enough to contain 2 of every type of animal in the natural world. In fact, the exact dimensions of this ship are given: 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. Today, it is estimated that there are at least 3-30 million different species of animals. So that 's at

But I think that parents concerned with harming their relationship with their kid may discover the revelation of the ruse opens their children’s eyes and helps them see their parents in not a bad but different light. The discovery of the Santa Myth leads to important steps towards maturity like realizing your parents are people, just like you, and aren’t infallible. Having your parents share the truth about Santa and also share their personal discoveries of the myth can actually bring parents and children closer through the realization that they’ve both gone through the same experience. It also brings a new appreciation for parents’ efforts.

I was one of those children years ago. Similar to the prisoners of the cave who soon realized that the cave was forcing them not to rely on themselves, I relied on the words of my mom and other family members that Santa Claus was the real deal, and that if I was good that year, I’d get everything I asked for. One Christmas Eve, my cousins and I had decided to stay up and see who was really behind the mysterious Claus. My sister had told me many times that Santa was really my parents leaving gifts, but I wanted confirmation. Later that night, hours after we were supposed to be sleep, my cousin and I laid awake, waiting to hear the bells of Santa's sleigh jingle, but we heard nothing.

And, since when must omniscient beings lower themselves to mere terrestrial standards of empirical proof? Why should the lowly and common measures of evidence be applied to Santa alone? Indeed, using the arguments applied to other contemporary deities, belief in Santa is more than reasonable.

A child learning about the myth of Santa Claus helps the process of development, and stimulates their cognitive development. Children will become interested in other ideas once they come to the realization of it being no Santa Claus. On the Today Show, Karri-Leigh Mastrangelo, a television producer and mother of two children, signified her belief that “there is a huge difference between telling your child a lie and allowing them to believe in the magic and mystery of the holidays.” It is One-Hundred Percent healthy for your child to believe in Santa Claus according to multiple psychologists and researchers. You cannot compare lying to your child about situations they could not understand versus allowing them to believe in Santa Claus. Dr. Janet Serwint a professor at the John Hopkins School of Medicine also stated, “Teaching your kids the myth of Santa Clause will not scar them for life.” While supporting my argument, this simple statement brings about questions amongst parents. If it does no psychological harm, then there should not be any concern of fraudulence towards the

One of the modern mythological people is Santa. The Santa Clause story stretches all the way back to the 3rd century. The legend can be traced back to hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nichola was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern day Turkey. Nicholas became the subject of many later told legends. It is said that St. Nicholas gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping out the poor and the sick. One of St. Nicholas’s best story is that he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their