There Really is a Santa Claus After All!
My wife and I never decried the myth of Santa Claus. I never prevented my kids from watching Santa Clause television specials. We read the "Night Before Christmas." But when my kids got old enough to ask whether Santa was real we usually answered, "What do you think? Do you think a fat little man in a red suit delivers presents to everyone in the world in a 24-hour period on a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer?" They understood immediately that Santa was a fantasy. Preschool children fantasize. When my children were small. They really believed in Santa Claus and that there was a big yellow bird who taught them to spell, a grouch who lived in a trash can, and a "cookie monster." As they grew older they learned to separate fact from fiction. The"Cat-in-the-Hat" and "Power Rangers" were the creative product of a someone's vivid imagination, as was Santa Claus. As a Christian family we honored Jesus at Christmas and celebrated his birt...