The Truth About Satan ..er.. Santa
*** Huge Spoiler Alert About Santa Claus Beware! ***Driving back home from my grandparents after Easter when I was about seven years old (guess I was riding, my dad was driving) , I got to thinking about The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairies and of course Santa Claus.
Santa I believed in, and I'd been suspicious of the tooth fairy ever since I found my baby teeth in my mom's dresser, but the Easter Bunny was kind of hard to believe in. Of course, I knew that if one failed they all failed, so I went out on a limb and asked my mom a question that would put her in a corner.
"Mom you would never lie to me would you?"
"No, of course not Mark" was her confident reply. I had her where I wanted her.
"Then ... is the Easter Bunny Real?" I asked.
She looked nervously at my dad whose eyes I could only see in the rear view mirror.
I jumped in with my second question," What about Santa and the tooth fairy?"
To be honest, I'd never seen them this nervous (and wouldn't again until I was in sixth grade and they told me about ..you know ..where babies "come from").
Her honest response soon followed ... ***SPOILER ALERT BACK OUT NOW!*** ... indeed it had all been pretend.
My next question was simply, "Is Jesus made up too?"
I think it is peculiar that at Christmas and Easter we lie to our kids at a time we gather to celebrate the greatest truth ever known to man.
What do you think about that?
About Mark Matlock
Mark is founder of PlanetWisdom.com and the nationwide PlanetWisdom Conferences. For nearly two decades, he has ministered to youth pastors, students, and their parents. Focusing on transferring Biblical wisdom, Mark’s the author of the recent six book series Wisdom On…, What Does God Want From Me?, and Don’t Buy the Lie. In Fall 2008, Mark launched the nation-wide initiative Real World Parents aimed at reclaiming the Biblical role for families across the country. He resides in Dallas with his wife, Jade, and his two children.
