Ironic? Man Telling One Fairy Story Criticised For Saying…

[irc]

A Vicar tells year 6 pupils there is no Santa. Wonder how he would feel if the Humanist society stood outside his church with "No God" posters?

"The minister, who is vicar of the nearby St Faith’s Church, is alleged to have told the children: “You’re all Year 6, now let’s be real, Santa isn’t real.”


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/13/vicar-...

[Fatboy]

That vicar is clearly a bell end with absolutely no self awareness !
The parents should have made him explain that there is equal evidence for both god and Santa..

[nikaiyo2]

Year 6 is year before secondary school…not sure many kids still believe in Santa at that age.

[CT05 Nose Cone]

irc said:

now let’s be real, Santa isn’t real.”

Wait......what do you mean "not real"!?

[BikeBikeBIke]

CT05 Nose Cone said:

irc said:

now let’s be real, Santa isn’t real.”

Wait......what do you mean "not real"!?

Don't worry, it's fake news.

I spoken to the Elves and your scalextric is already loaded on the Sleigh ready.

[BikeBikeBIke]

nikaiyo2 said:

Year 6 is year before secondary school…not sure many kids still believe in Santa at that age.

Yeah, it's a non story. Those kids are 2 terms away from secondary school.

[Master Of Puppets]

I think the OP was trying to highlight the irony of a Vicar preaching that something wasn't real.

[MattsCar]

Most kids stop believing in Santa Claus in reception class, or at least the seeds of doubt are sown as other kids break the news to them.

I could not imagine ANYONE in my year 6 class (going back a bit now) believing that Santa Claus was real, let alone crying in class because of the realisation. Rightly or wrongly, they would have been laughed at until they started secondary school and then laughed at again once they were in secondary school after their new class mates heard about it.

One parent told MailOnline: “I don't know how it can be undone, but I think it's absolutely disgusting.”

As with a lot that occurs within schools, it sounds like a parent making a mountain out of a mole hill and over exaggerating to stir up trouble/drama.

[The Rotrex Kid]

It's a stty move regardless of what age the child is, the one thing that children never get back is their innocence.

And yes, coming from a man who has devoted his entire life to a made up character, it's pretty rich to denounce another

[Crumpet]

My wife dragged me to Christingle at the village church last year where the stand-in, sandal-wearing, bellend of a vicar promptly told all the children (of all ages) that Santa wasn’t real. I spent the whole service with my blood boiling and had to battle with myself not to say something.

I despise religion at the best of times but, aside from funerals where I don’t have a choice, that’ll be the last time I willingly go to service. Tossers.

[popeyewhite]

The Rotrex Kid said:

It's a stty move regardless of what age the child is, the one thing that children never get back is their innocence.

Mummy why did you lie to me for 12 years? It took the other kids at school to tell me Santa wasn't real and I felt such a fool.

If you're older than 10 and believe in Santa you're being misled, nothing more.

[ChocolateFrog]

irc said:

A Vicar tells year 6 pupils there is no Santa. Wonder how he would feel if the Humanist society stood outside his church with "No God" posters?

"The minister, who is vicar of the nearby St Faith’s Church, is alleged to have told the children: “You’re all Year 6, now let’s be real, Santa isn’t real.”


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/13/vicar-...

"The irony is strong with this one" doesn't really cover it.

Deviants some of them, Fraudsters all of them.

[h0b0]

popeyewhite said:

The Rotrex Kid said:

It's a stty move regardless of what age the child is, the one thing that children never get back is their innocence.

Mummy why did you lie to me for 12 years? It took the other kids at school to tell me Santa wasn't real and I felt such a fool.

If you're older than 10 and believe in Santa you're being misled, nothing more.

Why 10? How about if you have younger siblings? What about older?

If the kids do, or don’t believe, it’s not the role of any adult to tell the kids, except the parents.

[The Rotrex Kid]

popeyewhite said:

The Rotrex Kid said:

It's a stty move regardless of what age the child is, the one thing that children never get back is their innocence.

Mummy why did you lie to me for 12 years? It took the other kids at school to tell me Santa wasn't real and I felt such a fool.

If you're older than 10 and believe in Santa you're being misled, nothing more.

Do you feel the same about people who tell their kids that Jesus is real?

[anonymous-user]

Reminds me of the vicar round here that decried Halloween for "untrue ghosts". Moron

[tim0409]

This reminds me of when Donald Trump was President and called up a 7 year old as part of a Christmas Whitehouse tradition and asked the child “do you still believe in Santa Claus cos at 7 it must be kinda marginal, right?”.

[popeyewhite]

The Rotrex Kid said:

popeyewhite said:

The Rotrex Kid said:

It's a stty move regardless of what age the child is, the one thing that children never get back is their innocence.

Mummy why did you lie to me for 12 years? It took the other kids at school to tell me Santa wasn't real and I felt such a fool.

If you're older than 10 and believe in Santa you're being misled, nothing more.

Do you feel the same about people who tell their kids that Jesus is real?

I feel the same about any parent who conflates their own enjoyment of bringing up a child with the child's emotional development. There's a point when being honest with a child is the better option.