I’ve often pondered the “Santa predicament”. When do you tell your kids that the magical jolly man isn’t real? Is it ok to lie to your children about him? Will this charade cause them to paint Jesus in the same mythical light?
My wife left town for a few days to visit some friends in the far away land of Austin, TX. I stayed behind to man the fortress with our 6 kids (ages 6, 4, 4, 2, 2, and 1 at the time) (that’s right). Saturday night we go through the normal bedtime routine: read Bible stories, say prayers, get tucked into bed. Approximately thirty minutes post-routine I hear one of my 4y/o daughters crying. I go into her room to check on her.
