Santa's dead, indeed; some people will twist any statistic to "prove" their cynical theory. 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. 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. 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. If you are experiencing problems playing Flash content, please consider installing our official Newgrounds Player to continue enjoying this content indefinitely. ... Of those waiting outside were a detective and officer dressed as Santa Claus … But Saint Nicholas was often known as a gift-giving and charitable person. We watched as a farmer had his dog dutifully herd the sheep this way and that, commanded only by a series of whistles. would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. Saint Nicholas was a Bishop of an Ancient Greek town called Myra, which is now part of modern-day Turkey. 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. time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west 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. At an average (census) He could receive Santa (pass on old the stories, folklore, and act like Santa is real with his kids) 3. Santa Claus is dead I was out with a group of agricultural specialists touring a sheep farm nestled in the beautiful rolling County Kilkenny. It can be a problem, that’s our concern. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a 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? spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. J ust in time to start building up his pre-holiday hype, Santa Claus is back in the news. Each. tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back “Santa Claus does exist.” Now Sebastian heard a few giggles and was that a grunt? 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. One presumes we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), 5) 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air 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? Getty Images Yes, Virginia, there was a Santa Claus — but now he’s dead. It presents a problem doesn’t it? But Santa Claus made sure the Christmas spirit could live on. behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. Last updated Wednesday, December 13, 1995 1) No known species of reindeer can fly. Hey Kids, Santa Claus Is Dead ... Real Grave Found (Maybe) Hey Kids Santa Claus Is Dead Real Grave Found (Maybe). Now the reason I want to discuss this news article is that it does present some problems. The tomb belonging to dear old St. Nick may have just been discovered under … Youngsters at a Christmas carol service were devastated when the Reverend Lee Rayfield told them Santa Claus was dead. We need 214,200 reindeer. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. All rights Reserved.  Click here for copyright permissions. 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. He could redeem Santa (tell his kids the truth about Santa, and use him as a tool to teach his kids something far greater) He was not disappointed. 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. And, the last thing I would think they would want would be to have their children confused. Tom, you bring out a very good point. Send us a message to add or change your paper mail address. we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 For the non-believers, his magic reminds us that the spirit […] 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. Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 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. Before the Russian Revolution, Grandfather Frost ( Ded Moroz ) was a favored figure of Christmas who … A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. (which seems logical). million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once I would say it would present a problem if you teach about Santa Claus. In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now. dead now. The first image of Santa Claus was captured by mistake. He is a mall Santa who worked for the Willamette Memorial Megaplex Mall and went insane when the outbreak hit. BUT there are 300,000 species of This increases the payload - not even Mrs. Katherine Auschlander heads a program where a group of children visit Santa Claus at St. Eligius. The legend of Santa Claus has a long history, mostly rooted in folklore. 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. has ever seen. every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc. Santa Claus came to the Dead Sea on Sunday ahead of the Christmas season. 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. ‘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. 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 … On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more So, the good news is that Santa Claus is, technically, real, and not a myth. A church in Turkey named in the honour of the original Saint Nicholas may be his final resting place. Mr. Rayfield has admitted making a serious misjudgment in telling the story to children as young as five. into the sleigh and move on to the next house. The bad news is that he’s been dead for a long time. they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa Most of our content is published in our app for iOS, Andoid, Windows, and Kindle.  Click here to get the app! If you are outside the U.S. 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. Even when I was there I did not twig. 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? 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. 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 … ” Sebastian grinned, “Actually they can Adam. 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. Archeologists announced they have uncovered what they believe to … The lead pair of reindeer A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and The bad news: Santa Claus is definitely dead. 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. there's at least one good child in each. 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. resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as described as overweight. "Santa" was actually called Saint Nicholas. 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? On the other hand, the parents got themselves into this problem, they need to have worked together. 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. times greater than gravity. pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 According to Paula, he has been murdering survivors and stuffing their corpses with presents. Elsewhere, produced and aired as the eleventh episode of its fourth season. In Russia, Santa Claus fell afoul of Josef Stalin. Maybe he should have taught the parents to tell the truth first and then let them apply it. Mother Sue Smee was at the service with her five-year-old and nine-year-old sons. living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects 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. He could reject Santa (turn his back on the idea of him) 2. In 1913 an Italian-American photographer accidentally proved that Santa Claus is Real. When I found out, every conversation about Santa … Why are kids into Christmas—toys and receiving gifts, you know, all of that kind of stuff, I think a Christian parent has to take a good look at what he is doing and what he is teaching his child because, you know, he may have to back away from it because of circumstances. The Berean Call is also available in a large-print edition at a nominal cost. second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour. the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably It is the news no child wants to hear and certainly not from the mouth of a Vicar. Santa Claus Is Dead. My wife and I found out this was a point he was making in the argument: Santa Claus is dead. I mean, we are talking about Santa Claus, Santa Claus! Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per He is also assisted by a group of murderous survivors dressed like elves. will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. "Santa Claus is Dead" is the Christmas episode of the ABC medical drama St. million according to Population Reference Bureau. Click here to see our updated Privacy Policy. 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, 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). Per second. “Professor, those two statements cannot both be correct. Every year around … 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, This works out to 822.6 visits per second. 2) There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. In short, Notice: Many browsers are beginning to disable or hide the Adobe Flash plugin, in preparation for its end-of-life in December 2020. Assuming that each of these 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. To many people around the globe, Santa Claus is one of history’s greatest humanitarians. It was during a trapeze artist stunt, performed by Giuseppe Crudera, who was on top of the world’s tallest building in New York. 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 … second. Santa Claus is dead, and archaeologists may have discovered his tomb. She said, “Children are not children for very long and it is not his job to tell them things like this. 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. Santa is just his nickname. counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. I grew up as a boy in a Christian home, I never believed in Santa Claus. I mean, that’s all mixed up in the same story. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBereanCall/videos, https://livestream.com/bereancallconference. Aerial photographs confirm this fact beyond a shadow of a doubt. 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. They understand, at least very early in life that this is simply a fantasy and a myth and so forth. The incident happened at the packed St. Piran’s school carol service at St. Mary’s church in Maidenhead on Monday night. Sadistic Claus (real name unknown) is a maniac in Dead Rising 4. 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. I mean really! A gunman is dead after a shooting at a New York City cathedral Christmas concert. The Berean Call is available by paid subscription . St. Nick has a heart attack, but not until the Auschlanders' grandson Max calls him a fraud. Because this was a first-year philosophy course he expected them to be a little green when it came to abstract ideas. 3) Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different I would say the Vicar is totally wrong. 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. A thing can only be dead if it first existed. rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. Mmhmm. He did put parents in a difficult position. Assuming Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth. 10/4/2017 2:54 PM PT Copyright © The Berean Call 2016. There either is a Santa Claus or there isn’t. Recently, my son was arguing with a friend. I am mortified and appreciate I have put some parents in a difficult position with a lot of explaining to do. chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's 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. nine. than 300 pounds. has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the I love Christmas.” Mr. Rayfield also told the youngsters that reindeer would burst into flames if they had to travel at the speeds necessary. and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa Fact: Santa Claus is real. Archaeologists in southern Turkey say they have discovered the tomb of the original Santa Claus, also known as … Santa Claus Is Dead. 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. Well Tom, what about the tooth fairy? times the speed of sound. that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), After all… That’s right, malled, and we must come to terms with it. 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! 4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. To him, in referencing Santa Claus, he had 3 options: 1. 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. 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