Atheists: what do you think about teaching children about Santa Claus?

Personally, I don't think children should be taught to believe in Santa Claus. Sure, it's fun seeing how excited they are when you take them to the mall to meet Santa, and sure it conditions them into behaving themselves due to the possibility that a fictitious character might possibly give them toys if they're obedient, BUT it also connotes at a lot of bad lessons. For one, it's basically lying to your children, making them believe this "Santa Claus" guy exists.

When they find out the truth, they realize their parents have been lying to them for years, so that's going to hurt them and teach them that they can lie about anything as well. Though, the most important part is, Santa Claus robs Christmas of it’s meaning. Sure, some parents probably found a way to have them both co-exist side by side (The birth of Jesus Christ and Santa Claus), but overall Santa Claus distracts children from the real meaning of Christmas.

I don’t think children should be exposed to that Santa Claus myth.

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