Is it a sin for a parent to tell a child the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, etc are real?
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Personally I wouldn't do it as it will come down to a trust issue later in life. You can make an analogy of it and point to Jesus. For example. St. Nick was a monk that gave gifts to people at Christ's b-day and they didn't know it.
Each one can have their own conviction before their own Lord.
I go for the bunnies ears first when I eat them - some go for other parts and then this could happen too...
Yes, it is wrong, and wrong Christian parenting when we should be building them up in the faith, raising them with a strong foundation, not integrating them with fictitious stories that does not promote Christ.
Personally I wouldn't do it as it will come down to a trust issue later in life. You can make an analogy of it and point to Jesus. For example. St. Nick was a monk that gave gifts to people at Christ's b-day and they didn't know it.
Each one can have their own conviction before their own Lord.
I go for the bunnies ears first when I eat them - some go for other parts and then this could happen too...
There might be a fine line here. I enjoyed Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy when I was a kid. I can't remember any ill effects when I learned they weren't real. I suppose if a child specifically asks if they are real, you have to tell them the truth, though.