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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're Jewish and Santa comes to our house every year.  Santa is not really a Christian figure, just one appropriated by Christianity a long time ago, so we don't see any relationship between Santa and other religions.  I taught my child from an early age not to taunt other kids and to remember that not everyone celebrates holidays so it's best not to talk a lot about it at school.

It concerns me that OP thinks Santa is only for Christians, and makes sense that her kid might taunt other kids.  [/quote]
If your family enjoys the Santa tradition, I’m glad he visits you. Nobody else gets to dictate your household celebrations. However, your view on Santa is not widely shared. Santa is definitely associated with Christmas, and Christmas with Christianity.[/quote]

I disagree.  The majority of educated folks know that Santa has nothing to do with Christianity and don't feel any obligation to be Christian while celebrating a secular Christmas.  Only Christians constantly whine about how everyone needs to put Jesus back into Christmas and how materialistic and secular it all is today, without realizing the irony of all of that being much older than Christianity itself.[/quote]

DP and I agree. All these people claiming that Santa is only for Christians obviously grew up in a religious community so their experience is that Santa = Christmas = religion. I grew up in an entirely non-religious community. No one practiced religion or really discussed it around me until I was probably in high school. We all did “Christmas” with Santa and a tree. There was nothing religious about it. Just a fun time to decorate a tree, have a party, and give each other gifts.  MY experience is that Christmas is not religious and most people I would celebrate with don’t consider it religious.[/quote]

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