Santa Clause Vs. God: What does Christmas mean?

We Christians celebrate the mass of the birth of Christ on the 25th December. This is not the actual day that he was born but it is close enough and also fitted in with other people celebrating the winter solstice in the north. Since Henry VIII, the monarch of Britain has been the head of the Church of England and so the monarchy and the government have been Christian for many hundreds of years along with the whole of Europe. A hundred or two years ago, most of the world was ruled by Europe and Christian holidays were introduced into local law so Easter Sunday and Christmas Day and others were public holidays. After independence, most colonies carried on with the public holidays so that is why we have Christmas Day all over the world. It is a time of peace and goodwill to all man. It is a time for family and children. For the children there are fantasies to make it exciting. Father Christmas/Santa Clause bringing presents to all children who have been good boys and girls during the year is a much loved fantasy. It is harmless fun for the very young and should be treated as such and not studied in depth for deeper meanings.

I wrote an article on whether we should teach our children to believe in Santa, here's the link if you are interested: http://raleyfamilysfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/should-you-teach-your-children-to.html I am a conservative Christian and the mother of ten children. I have had experience both ways.

Santa Claus - Saint Nicholas, was a real man who was a devout Christian. He was kind and tried to help whenever he could by giving anonymous gifts to all, but especially children and young people. As time went on and his story began to be told in different lands among different people, it became embellished according to local custom and religions, so that in some places, he hides gifts in wooden shoes and in other places he puts them in stockings and in other places, he puts them under a Christmas tree. Those who were not Christians took the stories and embellishments and made a celebration out of them without being obligated to the church to do so. Saint Nicholas would be very unhappy to know how people think of him now.

Santa clause is not really true. This person is one of the catholic sanctify saint who have a good heart in the last century. He make him saint by the catholic church. There is no relationship between God and Santa Claus, my friend. Santa clause have no power but they adopt a kind of fairy tales in his name. You must be wonder why he is called Santa where this guy is men. If you read the bible you cannot found this santa clause. God did not send this to every house and give gift especially kids...

The real underlying truth about christmas is that it is the biggest marketing operation ever made. It is a way to sell huge amounts of useless things and to increase sales.

Hi. To start off: I am a Christian and was raised that way. Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, the son of God. Not the birthday of God when he became human. The name Santa Claus originated from Saint Nicholas who was a Christian bishop known for giving gifts to the poor. Through the centuries the image of Saint Nicholas changed to the one we know today as Santa. My personal opinion is that Christmas has become commercialised and even non-Christians celebrate this very Holy day. Commerce makes millions and millions of dollars annually from Christmas and people possibly rather believe in something they can see (Santa) versus something they can't see (God and Jesus). I personally don't celebrate the holy days of other religions but unfortunately the true meaning of Christmas has been lost in translation.

Through the years we missed the true meaning of Christmas because of commercialism. Christmas is no longer the celebration of mankind for receiving the greatest gift of all--Jesus Christ, our Savior. Santa Claus, for me has become a symbol of man's materialistic and selfish desires, as someone who will fill a child's wish list. However, I think, children nowadays no longer believe in Santa Claus. I just hope that today's children can still find it in their hearts to believe in Jesus, who is the true Reason for the Season.

Santa is actually a story about a man who tried to help the Christmas cheer to all. Unfortunately he has become a symbol of gifts, items. It is sad but it is true.

I think the meaning of Christmas day already changed and the people who celebrate it changed also...Many non-christian people celebrate it and exchange gifts. And many shopping centers promote their products in this festival...Christmas Day is not the traditonal Christmas day any more..

Christmas is all about celebrating Jesus birth! But in these days men kept substitude the Truth with fantasy. That many people think about Christmas is presents and Santa Clause!This is also in the Bible 2Timothy 4:4 'They will turn their ear from the truth and will turn aside myth' Well thats what i believe!Cause santa riding on a sleigh around the world giving presents is a myth. But i do believe that Santa is St Nicholas not the man who flies around and enter houses through the chimney D: