Is telling our children about Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy harmful?

Christmas is in the winter and then we have Easter in spring. When our children lose their teeth, many have them hide their tooth waiting for the tooth fairy. Many parents think this is all for fun and innocent but is it really that innocent?
So as a child grows up, a typical parent may get their children to believe in Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy. They come to believe it is all for fun and their is no harm. Now, if they are a Christian family they would probably teach their children about God and Jesus Christ as well.

Now, as the child grows up, he/she is figuring out that Santa, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy do not really exist. They may typically bring it up to the parent and the parent would confess that it was all for fun. Or maybe, the child may just grow out of it. The child knows he/she been had. But, hey, it was all done in the name of fun!

Many think all this is fun and innocent but is it? In my family, we do not teach our children about Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, or the tooth fairy. When our child loses a tooth, we have her put it under her bed and we tell her that Jesus is the one that brought her the money. After all, it is all the Lord's. Some parents think we are a bit nutty not to participate with Santa Claus role playing and such.

But you see, the Lord has revealed something very important to me. Even though many may think it is all for fun, they are unknowingly perhaps setting up their children for a big fall. Many parents tell their children there is a Santa Claus, a Easter bunny, and a tooth fairy and when they are of age they find out there are no such things, their ability to believe in their parents may have consequences.

Now that the parents have basically lied to their children about certain fictional heroes and they had them truly believe in them with presents under the tree and money under the pillow, they are going to try to get them to believe in God whom they may have not seen?

Parents have told them about Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy and now they are telling them that there is a God that exists? And by the way, we have to compete with the schools and the science classes that are trying to teach our children that we came from a monkey but at least they're going say they are preaching facts, not fairy tales.

I am not writing about this to put down parents but to make awareness that we can damage the belief of children if we do not start telling them simple truth. If we do not, we will be training our children not to trust us. Scripture says let your yes be yes and no be no's.

Why can't we just tell our children that Jesus brought the presents under the tree? Is that not really true? The Lord is the one that provided to the parents to buy presents for the children, not Santa Claus. Who is Santa Claus? Have you rearranged the word Santa? It is Satan. Is that just a coincidence? I do not know but it looks suspicious to me.

Proverbs 18:21 (Amplified Bible) 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].

We need to take that verse more seriously. Let us not give glory to a fictional character. Let us not have our children thank Santa Claus for the presents. Let them give the praise, thanksgiving, and glory to the Lord. Be blessed.

Fire of God
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 9:22pm
Steve Yong Kim