Sleigh Santa: Time for a Change?

---

It has taken me 20 years to build the courage to question Santa Claus. I’ve been over and over it in my mind and I continue to come to the same conclusion… that this tradition is incredibly damaging to our society. We have been doing this for generations. It is just something we have always done as long as we can remember. But why? Is it worth it? We are lying to our children. Some may want to call this a "myth." A myth is just a lie if we are not telling our children it's a myth. We want our children to spend the first years of their lives trying to figure out if they are being messed with? Pardon my language but we enjoy "effing with their heads?"

Just imagine if your parents told you for the first 7 years of your life.... see that adorable little dog over there? That's your father and if you don't believe that dog is your father, you are not going to get any gifts for Christmas. It's the same thing. It's brainwashing. Imploring our children to believe something that is not true for the first years of their lives is nothing less than brainwashing. Now some of us faced the brutal truth that everyone lied to us our entire childhoods and we cried and released that brutal betrayal wound. Yet others.... never truly faced that harsh reality that they were lied to and now this dog that they were implored to believe is their father... has become their "belief system." Santa Claus is this dog. It is mental and emotional abuse we are inflicting on our children for the first years of their lives.

I recall when I came to the harsh reality that Santa Claus was not real. It was devastating. The world became so much more dark and dismal on that day. It is the day I lost my innocence. It is the day that I had to face the harsh reality that everybody I looked up to and sought guidance from, lied to me. It is the day I had to face the brutal truth that there is no magical world that I was implored to believe. This is nothing less than mental and emotional abuse. It is time for us to evolve.

You develop your belief system by the time you are around 7 years old. The belief system that was implanted into my subconscious mind was not to trust anyone…. not my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles…. NOBODY. Let’s take a look around. Does anyone truly trust anyone? If you have one person you can trust, consider yourself incredibly lucky. This tradition is creating a nightmare. Does anyone trust the government? I'm sure they are aware of how damaging this tradition is yet they do nothing about it. Surely I can't be the only one who figured this out. Free your mind! Find your moral compass. Let's build some trust with our children.

So I made the choice when I had my daughters that I was not going to lie to them. I did not and that was my choice. However, everybody else was lying to them and imploring them to believe in this nonsense so one of my daughters told me that I must be delusional. Isn’t there something wrong with this? My daughters don’t trust their own mother because the rest of the world is lying to them. That’s nothing less than a conspiracy. This is mob mentality. It is time to start thinking for ourselves.

There is nothing magical about this tradition. The day you find out Santa Claus is not real, is the day all of your walls go up and you become much more fearful of everybody whether you recall it or not.  It is the day you become afraid to be vulnerable. It is the day that you become incredibly afraid that someone is just trying to make a fool out of you. Where is it getting us? Bamboozling and confusing our children does nothing more than make them feel stupid and insecure. This certainly cannot be healthy for their self-esteem.

We are living in a world of school shootings, overdoses, alcoholism, suicide, broken homes. People are afraid of each other. We are creating this reality by way of this unkind tradition. Isn't it about time we had some emotional intelligence? Who enjoys being lied to? Anybody?

What is Santa Claus teaching us? To be secretive and deceptive? What good is possibly coming from this? It’s time for a change. It’s time to let Santa retire and bring values into our world…. HONESTY, kindness, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, gratitude. I personally didn’t learn any of these things as I was growing up. Not really. If they wanted me to learn to be honest, they were setting an incredibly bad example of what that looks like. I had to figure it out on my own and it has taken me most of my life to find this clarity. 

So many people are suffering in the world… it is about time we had some guidance. One nation under God or one nation under Santa Claus? This tradition is so embedded into our society that people consider this to be their “belief system.” I've been told several times that I'm attacking their "belief system." That’s pretty frightening isn’t it? It frightens me.... that lying to children has become a "belief system."  We deserve a better world than the one we have been blindly creating. Stop being angry with God for the suffering in the world. We are creating our own suffering. 

The good news is, it truly is a miraculous world. I've personally experienced so many miraculous synchronicities in my life. The universe aligns with you when you embody your values. I think most of us are just sort of running on "auto pilot" not really questioning if we are truly being honest but instead just telling people what they want to hear so we can fit into this chaotic world. The more introspective you are to find your true authentic self, the more the universe shows up for you. I wrote this beautiful poem I wanted to share with you at the bottom of this site in an effort to give us the hope we truly need. Please share this with everyone and let's bring some light into this world. I have all sorts of clever car magnets that I have created. I want a better world for myself, my daughters, my family, all of you and our future generations. 

The case for miracles is widespread.... just ask Carl Jung, Neville Goddard, Bruce Lipton, Joe Dispenza, David Bayer, Eckhart Tolle, Rhonda Byrne who created the Secret.... the list is LARGE! Santa Claus is blocking the wonders and magic in our magnificent world.  Let's start expecting the best instead of bracing ourselves for the worst.  I'm aware that it is a lot to process. After all, it has taken me 20 years. Much love and big hugs!

Please feel free to email me at santaisretiring@gmail.com.