Call me a crazy, a scrooge, whatever but the whole Santa thing just isn't for me. Because I don't want to lie to my kids or give some made up dude credit for the presents I bought, I choose to tell my kids that Santa is not real and just stick to the true meaning of Christmas. My fear is that one day after dreaming up and playing out Santa, I will be asked by my kids "So is God/Jesus fake too"? That is not a risk I'm willing to take, even for fun.
This month Theo and I started a conversation about Santa. To my delight it has been hilarious. We've come up with a list of items that just flat out bring justice to the bad logic of Santa. So here it goes...
The Bad Logic of Santa
1. Reindeer's don't fly or have red glowing noses.
2. How can a fat guy go down a chimney (let alone anyone?
3. How does Santa know if people are being good or not (he's not God)?
4. How can Santa travel in one day around the whole world, its impossible?
5. How can Santa eat cookies at every house and not get sick?
6. How does Santa get funding to buy presents & pay elves?
7. How come Santa never died, he's old?
8. Could you really fit a present for every kid in the world, in a sleigh?
9. Elves are not real?
10. What the heck does Santa do the other 11 months out of the year?
If you can answer these questions logically for me or provide evidence to prove me wrong, please do. I'm all for having fun but I hope that as much effort as you put into the story of Santa on Christmas you put that much or more into telling the story of Jesus. Bah, humbug!
