Santa Claus: Fun Myth, or Dangerous Lie?
Dec 20, 2025•56 min
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Episode description
We discuss the hot controversy regarding whether parents should tell their kids about Santa Claus.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro, and why we're doing an episode on the topic
05:30 - History of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus
08:52 - Is it a lie?
27:32 - Taking it too far: making Santa God, and manipulating behavior
37:40 - Taking it too far: parents overdoing it
49:16 - Romans 14 and disagreeing charitably
With Will Harrub, Jack Wilkie, and Joe Wilkie
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