Kids and Christmas

[Chuff]

We went down the road that family and friends buy presents and give them to Santa to deliver on christmas day.

That sounds like quite a good plan

I'm not comfortable with it either for the same reasons thou.

Glad I'm not alone

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Chuff -

Jew kids grow up just fine without Santa.

So do pretty much every other non-Christian kid. That's all the adults need to know if they ask.

The only part that made me uncomfortable when I was a child was when someone asked, "Don't you miss Christmas?" I never celebrated it you twit, how can I miss it?

The real problem I think is peer pressure, and not wanting them to be singled out - I remember the Jehovas Witness kids in school getting a ton of grief - Not quite in the same league, but I think these are the reasons we've now opted for a watered down version instead of our original idea

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More importantly, do *we* need him?
I'm certainly bored of seeing a guy in santa(Noel Baba in Turkey) costume during new years eve in Turkey.
We as a people never revered him as a saint, that we should have a character inspired by him during new years eve, running around. But cultural imperialism has brought the fat, red man into our culture, even though we have suitable alternatives of our own, Ata Korkud, for example, who is a staple of Nouruz celebrations in many other Turkic countries. Although, he doesn't give out presents, he tells tales, and gives good advice.
I'll talk about him to my kids, instead of the fat santa claus.

Thanks Mehmet - The guy in the red suit is pretty ubiquitous the world over now, possibly due to movies and coca cola(who changed him from green to red!)

The guys you posted in the pictures look pretty sinister! they would certainly make them behave..