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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Santa won’t bring you presents because you are “another religion?” Where did you get that from? Nobody ever has said Santa only brings gifts to Christian children! Santa brings gifts to ALL children.

If your child has the propensity to taunt other children for any reason, that’s on you. You should have given the child clear rules and modeled good behavior.

This is weird post, because Santa has never been portrayed in literature, movies, etc, as only bringing gifts to Christian kids.

When NORAD “tracks” Santa on Christmas Eve, Santa is shown visiting countries all over the world, bringing gifts to kids all over the world.

Santa is traditionally depicted as having a naughty and nice list. Yes, the world has rules. Just like the Elf On the Shelf, who “watches” children to make sure they are on their best behavior.

Let me guess: Santa and Elf on the Shelf are Christian bigots. They are tyrannical Christian overlords, spying on kids without consent and judging them harshly and withholding gifts for naughty behavior.

Do non-Christian kids not have rules and expectations about behavior?

This is a doozy of a post and I look forward to the comments. [/quote]

I mean, Santa doesn't bring gifts to my Jewish children, because we don't give gifts for Christmas. Has nothing to do with tyranny, which OP didn't really bring up, either. But it is sort of hard to both (a) explain that no, you don't get these gifts from Santa and (b) keep up the pretense that other kids do. Personally, I don't feel that much of an obligation to make my kids believe in Santa, but like OP, I also don't want them going out and deliberately spoiling the surprise for their friends who do.

(Santa has never been portrayed as only bringing gifts to Christian kids because Christianity is generally just the default assumption in portrayals of Santa.)

OP, generally the way I answer questions about Santa is to say, "Gee, I don't really know that much about Santa, because we're Jewish, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"[/quote]

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