Santa is just his nickname. Mmhmm. Last updated Wednesday, December 13, 1995 Aerial photographs confirm this fact beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now somebody will say, O, come on, you know, this is something in their life they enjoy and they look forward to and it’s a tradition and—but I have to keep asking the question, yes, but if it’s not true, if it’s a myth, do the kids need this for their imagination? Dave, maybe our listeners know that we tape this program so I don’t know when this is going to come out but it will probably come out sometime after Christmas. Dave, again, we were caught up in the world and what the world does and my encouragement here to believers out there, to parents, you mentioned, we want to encourage them in the truth. Maybe he should have taught the parents to tell the truth first and then let them apply it. According to Paula, he has been murdering survivors and stuffing their corpses with presents. Even at an early age children can receive the gospel, receive salvation at a very young age, but if that’s mixed, you know, as Gary mentioned earlier, our producer, that as a child he couldn’t separate the two because the same people who were teaching him about Jesus were teaching him about Santa Claus and that’s what we want to avert. In Russia, Santa Claus fell afoul of Josef Stalin. But the way the Vicar went about it was very inappropriate, not quite wise by a long shot, he should have left that up to the parents. J ust in time to start building up his pre-holiday hype, Santa Claus is back in the news. He could reject Santa (turn his back on the idea of him) 2. I would say it would present a problem if you teach about Santa Claus. Archeologists announced they have uncovered what they believe to … Per second. pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even Tom, you bring out a very good point. Sadistic Claus (real name unknown) is a maniac in Dead Rising 4. Getty Images Yes, Virginia, there was a Santa Claus — but now he’s dead. I would say the Vicar is totally wrong. I mean, that’s all mixed up in the same story. After all… I was never taught to believe in Santa Claus and I never taught our children, my wife and I never taught our children to believe in Santa Claus, that’s nonsense. So there is a great danger that when the child is disillusioned of his belief in Santa Claus, then he says, Well, you know, what about Jesus? than 300 pounds. there's at least one good child in each. A church in Turkey named in the honour of the original Saint Nicholas may be his final resting place. they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. Santa Claus brings Dead Sea to life with tree to spread Christmas cheer Santa Claus came to the Dead Sea on Sunday ahead of the Christmas season as part of a … chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 They understand, at least very early in life that this is simply a fantasy and a myth and so forth. And, the last thing I would think they would want would be to have their children confused. The Berean Call is available by postal mail each month for free.  We are willing to send the newsletter to you by regular mail but encourage you to read it online to save printing and mailing costs. Mr. Rayfield has admitted making a serious misjudgment in telling the story to children as young as five. Youngsters at a Christmas carol service were devastated when the Reverend Lee Rayfield told them Santa Claus was dead. He was not disappointed. For the non-believers, his magic reminds us that the spirit […] This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 1) No known species of reindeer can fly. This works out to 822.6 visits per second. He said, “I did not realize how young some of them were and I’m sitting here now wondering how I managed not to realize. Mrs. Katherine Auschlander heads a program where a group of children visit Santa Claus at St. Eligius. He did put parents in a difficult position. He could redeem Santa (tell his kids the truth about Santa, and use him as a tool to teach his kids something far greater) For purposes of comparison, the fastest man- made 10/4/2017 2:54 PM PT Click here to see our updated Privacy Policy. I love Christmas.” Mr. Rayfield also told the youngsters that reindeer would burst into flames if they had to travel at the speeds necessary. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 nine. million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 I mean, we are talking about Santa Claus, Santa Claus! “Santa Claus does exist.” Now Sebastian heard a few giggles and was that a grunt? into the sleigh and move on to the next house. Whether or not you believe that Santa Claus is a real person who enters every child’s house by way of a chimney to leave presents, the legendary figure and the tradition of gift giving can be traced back to the Dutch colonists. A thing can only be dead if it first existed. dead now. ” Sebastian grinned, “Actually they can Adam. Because this was a first-year philosophy course he expected them to be a little green when it came to abstract ideas. Santa Claus Is Dead. The Dead Sea is known to be one of the most inhospitable waters for plants and wildlife due to the salt concentration in the water being 8.6 times saltier than saltwater oceans. 5) 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air I mean really! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBereanCall/videos, https://livestream.com/bereancallconference. I think it’s a dangerous thing to teach children that Santa Claus is real and one day they have the rug pulled out from under them. Hey Kids, Santa Claus Is Dead ... Real Grave Found (Maybe) Hey Kids Santa Claus Is Dead Real Grave Found (Maybe). ‘Santa Claus is dead.’ When Sebastian Phillips finished writing that phrase on his bulletin board he turned around to see what the reaction had been on his students. It was during a trapeze artist stunt, performed by Giuseppe Crudera, who was on top of the world’s tallest building in New York. would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. St. Nick has a heart attack, but not until the Auschlanders' grandson Max calls him a fraud. In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) Recently, my son was arguing with a friend. This increases the payload - not even He is a mall Santa who worked for the Willamette Memorial Megaplex Mall and went insane when the outbreak hit. resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as The idea is that when a child starts asking, “Is Santa real?” the parent lets him or her in on the real secret: “Your heart has grown so much that I think you are ready to become a Santa Claus. I grew up as a boy in a Christian home, I never believed in Santa Claus. Before the Russian Revolution, Grandfather Frost ( Ded Moroz ) was a favored figure of Christmas who … Santa Claus is dead I was out with a group of agricultural specialists touring a sheep farm nestled in the beautiful rolling County Kilkenny. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth. My wife and I found out this was a point he was making in the argument: Santa Claus is dead. A pro-Islamic State (IS) media unit used depictions of Santa Claus dead, including his decapitated head in a box inside a bar, in posters inciting for attacks during the holiday season. Because at certain time in their lives maybe, I don’t know, some kids are precocious but 8, 9, 10, you move up, all of a sudden they find out this thing that they have been buying into is a myth, but at the time the children have been taught in a Christian home about Jesus. It was totally inappropriate.” Mr. Rayfield, whose comments came from an internet story on how scientific research could dispel the myth of Santa is now writing a letter to parents apologizing for the blunder. We watched as a farmer had his dog dutifully herd the sheep this way and that, commanded only by a series of whistles. second. Santa Claus came to the Dead Sea on Sunday ahead of the Christmas season, part of a campaign by Israel’s Tourism Ministry to bring some Christmas cheer during a … Santa Claus came to the Dead Sea on Sunday ahead of the Christmas season. BUT there are 300,000 species of Copyright © The Berean Call 2016. Send us a message to add or change your paper mail address. Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could Now the reason I want to discuss this news article is that it does present some problems. and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa The legend of Santa Claus has a long history, mostly rooted in folklore. On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more So, where do they separate the myth on the one side that they have grown up with, with what they have been taught about Jesus? time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west Every year around … I say let’s admit the ugly truth and move on, America: Santa Claus is Dead and in his beloved place We Have Been Malled! times greater than gravity. Santa Claus is not dead, Santa Claus never lived, Santa Claus never existed, so he might have done better to explain that but I don’t think it was up … But, Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, now that’s someone who’s impacting their lives, bringing them presents and so forth.So they would have more of a tendency to believe in that than they would in a fairy tale that they are reading about, the wicked witch or, or whatever. living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects Most of our content is published in our app for iOS, Andoid, Windows, and Kindle.  Click here to get the app! The first image of Santa Claus was captured by mistake. described as overweight. Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary character originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve (24 December) or during the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). If you are experiencing problems playing Flash content, please consider installing our official Newgrounds Player to continue enjoying this content indefinitely. A gunman is dead after a shooting at a New York City cathedral Christmas concert. Even when I was there I did not twig. We need 214,200 reindeer. 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, has ever seen. Each. ... Of those waiting outside were a detective and officer dressed as Santa Claus … Santa Claus is not dead, Santa Claus never lived, Santa Claus never existed, so he might have done better to explain that but I don’t think it was up to the Vicar to be the one to do that explaining. The Berean Call is also available in a large-print edition at a nominal cost. And furthermore, if my parents are telling me something that isn’t true and I find out that Santa Claus isn’t true, what about, not only Jesus, but other things they say to me as well? He is also assisted by a group of murderous survivors dressed like elves. To many people around the globe, Santa Claus is one of history’s greatest humanitarians. There either is a Santa Claus or there isn’t. He could receive Santa (pass on old the stories, folklore, and act like Santa is real with his kids) 3. So, the good news is that Santa Claus is, technically, real, and not a myth. “Professor, those two statements cannot both be correct. But Santa Claus made sure the Christmas spirit could live on. She said, “Children are not children for very long and it is not his job to tell them things like this. The bad news: Santa Claus is definitely dead. Santa Claus is dead, and archaeologists may have discovered his tomb. Fact: Santa Claus is real. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and The lead pair of reindeer There are quite a few options for keeping in touch with us: Subscribe to our email updates here, and choose if you want daily, weekly, or monthly updates. rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. Now, Religion in the News, a report and comment on religious trends and events being covered by the media.This week’s item is from BBC News, December 10, 2002, with a headline: Vicar tells children Santa is dead. Saint Nicholas was a Bishop of an Ancient Greek town called Myra, which is now part of modern-day Turkey. spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per The problem is that this is all mixed up with Jesus Christ in the manger, his virgin birth, and the angels, the life he lived—why should the angels be any more real than the reindeer or Santa Claus. In 1913 an Italian-American photographer accidentally proved that Santa Claus is Real. million according to Population Reference Bureau. we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), When I found out, every conversation about Santa … second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour. To him, in referencing Santa Claus, he had 3 options: 1. Kids read fairy tales, they love them and enjoy them and probably not too many children believe they are real, they’re not really taught to believe they are real. (which seems logical). 3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different Elsewhere, produced and aired as the eleventh episode of its fourth season. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. Archaeologists in southern Turkey say they have discovered the tomb of the original Santa Claus, also known as … has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the It is the news no child wants to hear and certainly not from the mouth of a Vicar. counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. In short, Santa A. Claus, longtime Concord Mall Santa, dies Santa A. Claus, who put smiles on the faces of thousands of children for more than 18 years at the Concord Mall, died … Santa Claus comes to the hospital and collapses while meeting the children; the Craig hosts a Christmas party; Ehrlich is upset when no one buys him any gifts; Westphall has Lizzy and her boyfriend over for the holidays. It can be a problem, that’s our concern. Santa Claus Is Dead. One presumes will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Assuming In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now. 4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. But Saint Nicholas was often known as a gift-giving and charitable person. If you are outside the U.S. 2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a "Santa Claus is Dead" is the Christmas episode of the ABC medical drama St. I am mortified and appreciate I have put some parents in a difficult position with a lot of explaining to do. the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably times the speed of sound. All rights Reserved.  Click here for copyright permissions. "Santa" was actually called Saint Nicholas. You see, so, on the one hand you could say well, about Santa Claus and all this stuff, it’s just like the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, it’s like the Fables of Aesop the Slave. Even parents at the service in Maidenhead Berkshire were shocked to hear Mr. Rayfield say it was scientifically impossible for father Christmas to deliver so many presents so quickly. Well Tom, what about the tooth fairy? At an average (census) It has left us parents with a lot of explaining to do today.” Mother of four, Sarah McCreery, also from Maidenhead said, “It would not have taken a genius to look out at the congregation and realize how young the children were. Santa's dead, indeed; some people will twist any statistic to "prove" their cynical theory. The tomb belonging to dear old St. Nick may have just been discovered under … He selflessly makes millions of wishes come true without asking for anything in return, aside from milk and cookies and a tax write-off from the government. Santa Claus came to the Dead Sea on Sunday ahead of the Christmas season, part of a campaign by Israel’s Tourism Ministry to bring some Christmas cheer during a global pandemic that has kept Christian pilgrims away from the Holy Land. It presents a problem doesn’t it? The bad news is that he’s been dead for a long time. Assuming that each of these I—again Dave, selecting this, some people are going to be upset—Well what are you doing, how are you dealing, you know, why are you dealing with this issue?Once again, we want parents out there who have the responsibility, Christian parents, of raising their children in the Lord. Mother Sue Smee was at the service with her five-year-old and nine-year-old sons. every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc. that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), That’s right, malled, and we must come to terms with it. But, you know, I’m not getting on this Vicar’s case about what he did, but it does bring up a concern that I think Christian parents should have about promoting a myth among their children. The Berean Call is available by paid subscription . 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