Santa Claus Concept

One of the biggest lies that is told to the little ones in the whole world must be about Santa Claus.  But it is also one of the cutest and sweetest one.  Children really look forward to the gifts that Santa would bring for them.  The carols sung during the Christmas time convey so many lessons for the kids to pick up.  The best carol ever in this regard that we were taught to sing in the school by none other than our beloved Anoop Ambrose Sir, Robert Sir and Ralf Sir was :

"Hey you better watch out

You better not pout

You better not cry

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming today.

He sees you when you are sleeping

He knows when you are awake

He knows if you been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake."

The first stanza prepares the ground by warning the child that it will be futile on his part to unnecessarily pout or cry because Santa won't like to see him doing so.

So if one wants Santa to bring for him, his desired gift he needs to better follow the instructions and stay happy.

In the second stanza I remember when I used to sing it in class III way back in 1973 - 74 I used to understand the fact that the writer of the carol has been clever to let us (the kids) know that Santa comes down to see us when we are asleep and knows when we are 'awake'.  So this way no question rises that why we can't see Santa.

The writer further also tells us that like a super magician Santa knows whether we have been bad or good throughout the year.  Because of this we as kids would surely try to follow all good habits in order to impress him.

I feel this one lie must have helped millions of kids in the entire world to follow the right path.  Why can't people of different faiths follow the same technique with their own kids by using their won Gods and characters ?

S.S. Thaper

01.08.2018