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  by Timiarah A. Camburn

  Created on: December 05, 2010   Last Updated: February 14, 2011

  While the idea of Santa Claus is sometimes cute, I do not agree that the myth is good for all children.

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  by Mari-Jo Layante-Cordova

  Created on: November 03, 2010

  Many people view Santa Claus as the very personification of Christmas.  Despite Santa Claus is

• 3 of 23

  by Keith Redfern

  Created on: November 24, 2008

  Perpetuating a myth is tantamount to continuing a deception. Do we wish to deceive our children? Is

• 4 of 23

  by Barbara Stanley

  Created on: December 06, 2010   Last Updated: November 17, 2011

  A myth is a traditional ancient story with supernatural beings in the roles of heroes, those who guide,

• 5 of 23

  by Dorothy Hoffman

  Created on: October 28, 2009   Last Updated: October 31, 2009

  Myths serve important functions in society. They can put a people's history and character into easily

• 6 of 23

  by Jeanie Olinger

  Created on: February 15, 2011

  Teaching children to believe in Santa Claus as if he really exists and truly brings presents at Christmas

• 7 of 23

  by E.S. Fuller

  Created on: November 25, 2010

  Back when I was in elementary school, I was used to writing letters to Santa Claus each year. Our letters

• 8 of 23

  by Betty Johnson

  Created on: January 30, 2011

  Although I raised four daughters, who I led to believe in a Santa Claus, I now have a different outlook

• 9 of 23

  by Jennifer Wells

  Created on: November 10, 2008   Last Updated: September 15, 2010

  My parents took a neutral approach to Santa Claus that has served me well, and which I now pass on to

• 10 of 23

  by Jodi Heavner

  Created on: January 01, 2011

  The Real Reason for the Season

                

• 11 of 23

  by marie smythe

  Created on: October 31, 2009

  The Dilemmna

  The story of Christmas is special in of itself and it doesn't need myths to spread its

• 12 of 23

  by Bert Meinders

  Created on: December 13, 2009

  I can't remember a time when I believed in Santa Claus. This is not to say that I never did, but by

• 13 of 23

  by Rosemary Redfern

  Created on: November 24, 2008

  What service do myths serve? They are a way of explaining the unexplainable.

  Before modern science there

• 14 of 23

  by Christine G.

  Created on: December 09, 2008

  The sanctity of the Santa myth is astonishing. Movies, cartoons and popular media all tell us that anything

• 15 of 23

  by Sandra Lowen

  Created on: January 27, 2010

  THE MYTH OF SANTA CLAUS AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN

  “Sit on Santa’s lap and ask him for whatever

• 16 of 23

  by Danielle Zarcaro

  Created on: July 03, 2009   Last Updated: July 04, 2009

  Santa Claus has no practical use. The only possible argument might be that he stimulates the imagination

• 17 of 23

  by Jennifer Paul

  Created on: October 22, 2010

  As a kid Christmas and Santa were a big deal to me. From the first of November right until Christmas

• 18 of 23

  by Akua Hinds

  Created on: July 24, 2010

  Weeks before Christmas Day, parents stand in the long shopping mall lines to pay tribute to Father Christmas. 

• 19 of 23

  by Carla Raley

  Created on: November 02, 2009   Last Updated: November 04, 2009

  I am a mother of ten children, ages 33 to 2 years old. I've run the gamut over the years on issues like

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  by Paul Schingle

  Created on: April 22, 2009

  If this question were worded slightly differently, I suppose I could see an argument for writing for