Here are two helpful posts on the radical difference between the Christ of Christmas and the Santa of Christmas. The first is by
Sinclair Ferguson and deals with how the Scripture's teaching on the coming of Christ is antithetical to the cultural myth of Santa Claus. Here is an excerpt:
The Scriptures systematically strip away the veneer that covers the real truth of the Christmas story. Jesus did not come to add to our comforts. He did not come to help those who were already helping themselves or to fill life with more pleasant experiences. He came on a deliverance mission, to save sinners, and to do so He had to destroy the works of the Devil (Matt. 1:21; 1 John 3:8b).
The second is by
Scott Clark and address how Christian parents ought to think about communicating the Santa story to their children. Here is an excerpt:
We decided not to tell our children that there was a Santa because we we did not want our children to suspect that we were liars. If we lied to them about Santa, why weren’t we lying about Jesus and the resurrection? Why weren’t we? After all, they had never seen Jesus. They only had a book, a story, and a story teller. Who can blame them for doubting?...Perhaps modern people believe so easily in the “death of God” because they learned a long time ago in the death of Santa?
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