I love that Mrs. Eddy puts Santa Claus in its
proper place. In the piece Christmas for the Children she writes:
Methinks the loving parents and guardians of
youth ofttimes query: How shall we cheer the children’s Christmas and profit
them withal? The wisdom of their elders, who seek wisdom of God, seems to
have amply provided for this, according to the custom of the age and to the
full supply of juvenile joy. Let it continue thus with one exception: the
children should not be taught to believe that Santa Claus has aught to do with
this pastime. A deceit or falsehood is never wise. Too much cannot
be done towards guarding and guiding well the germinating and inclining thought
of childhood. (P. 36 of the edition I have consulted.)
Joyce Voysey
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