Though I still lean toward allowing for Santa while the kids are as little as ours (1yr & 4yrs), his is probably the most fair & gracious take on the subject. I recommend the read.
Your thoughts on Santa?
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Santa Driscoll
Mark Driscoll, the founding pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle, wrote this blog entry for the Washington Post: "What we tell our kids about Santa"
Though I still lean toward allowing for Santa while the kids are as little as ours (1yr & 4yrs), his is probably the most fair & gracious take on the subject. I recommend the read.
Your thoughts on Santa?
Though I still lean toward allowing for Santa while the kids are as little as ours (1yr & 4yrs), his is probably the most fair & gracious take on the subject. I recommend the read.
Your thoughts on Santa?
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Bobby, thank you for this! Brad and I have really been struggling with how to handle Santa in our family and this article puts it perfectly!
No prob. I do think that Santa is OK when they are little. Baylee at 4 will understand we have been pretending and not belligerently lying to her. The big thing is that I want to be the one to tell her and her not find out on her own.
The whole lying issue I think is over stated, but I still like how he summarizes things and values redeeming Santa.
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