Why Is Believing A Myth Called 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.

Children everywhere wish to follow in the footsteps of Peter Pan and never grow up. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is found only within the confines of fiction. In the short story, “To Every Thing There Is a Season”, by Alistair Macleod, the protagonist craves just that, to not grow up. He holds on to his belief in Santa Claus as tightly as he can. Alistair is on the cusp of maturity, and not quite ready to take the leap. The theme in this short story is that while some cling to childhood, there is no escaping growing up. This is revealed through the symbolism of Santa, the character Alistair, and the plot of this story.

However in the over-exaggerated movie it included the reason behind the Grinch's hatred of Christmas; saying it was because the kids used to tease him when he was little, until the day he

“The Last of the Mythologists” by Kristen Froberg is an article based on novelist or more prefered a mythologist, Charles Dickens publishing a book around Christmas called “The Sledgehammer” which was later well-known as the “A Christmas Carol”. In the seventeenth century, hearing about children at young ages working in copper mines and factories to provide for their family’s gave Dickens the idea to visit these workplaces but also gave him inspiration to create this book on behalf of a poor person’s child and his own personal experience as a child. CHristmas Carol was one of Dickens's work that he decided to perform in front of audiences. In 1867 and 1868 Christmas Carol was very successful after Charles had a tour profiting about $140,000

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

As the story moves along Sam out the elder in different situations to see if he would eat the green eggs and ham, but to Sam’s dismay the elder wouldn’t. Finally after trying and trying and trying Sam gets the elder to try the Green eggs and ham. One of the most popular stories by Dr. Seuss is the classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This story became so popular that Universal Studios not only picket it up for a movie, but also a whole theme for their Christmas season theme park. In this story the Grinch loathes Christmas and the who’s with every fiber of his being. The Grinch presents himself as socially cut off from the who’s down in whoville. He lives on top of Mt. Crumpit with his dog Max. All of this hate is because his heart is two sizes too small (and this time he’ll keep it off). He finally had enough of the Who’s bangboozaling and clangclangaling so he devised a plan to steal Christmas. After Santa Clause came and delivered all the presents to the houses he would sneak in, in his Santa Clause suit and steal every present, every light, every decoration, every tree, and all of the food for the feast. He even stole the roast beast! He would empty the houses one by one and he didn’t leave anything. Not even a crumb big enough for a mouse. So as he got done with emptying the houses and was about to dump everything over Crumpit he heard a noise, a weird

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

and some children know its not true. For an example, my mother told my little brother and I that theres is no such things as Santa, Tooth Fairy, A Easter Bunny and so on. The only reason why she told the truth was she wanted us to know and appreciate how hard she works to please us. In these cases, she gives us gifts, candy, etc. instead of these "myth characters/fantasies".

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.

“Parents who can’t get their kids gifts want to do that, and some kids believe in Santa, which is awesome,” Manibusan explained. “So we took the gifts and put them where the kids couldn’t see them, and while they were having fun, the parents could take them to the car. That way they could give it to them on Christmas like any other family.”

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

Myths like the loch ness monster and Bigfoot were big stories but no real proven evidence of their existence. Many investigations were made and a lot of so called “evidence” to prove that such myth exist. But there is one thing that most myths don’t have and that’s government officials getting involved. If a myth is that serious in order to involve the government, it’s got to be a pretty big myth. Similarly aliens were really never proven to exist until the summer of 1947 on a small ranch outside of Roswell, New Mexico (History pg.1).a Man by the name of Mac Brazel witnessed a supposed alien crash in his own backyard. This simple phone call to a sheriff’s office turned into a secret government cover-up in a matter of minutes (History pg.1). And with these myths comes all the conspiracies and “ideas” as to a real explanation of said myth.

Santa Claus is the one thing children believe in unfailingly. I mean, the exact gifts they want for Christmas always appear under the tree overnight, and for a child the only explanation is magic. But in today’s world of over parenting, the

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