God hates magic. In the Bible, He calls it “detestable”. When you teach your kids that Santa is real, you teach them that magic is real and that it is good. Magic is not good. The whole concept of magic is satanic in origin and is intimately associated with demonic power. By teaching your child to believe in magic elves and magic sleighs and a magic man, you set them up to glide quite easily into magic spells, sorcery and witchcraft. Santa might seem like harmless fun. Harry Potter might seem like fun. But such characters desensitize our children to the danger of the occult. As a parent, it’s your job to set up boundaries for your children. You don’t have to make Santa out to be the devil incarnate, but you should be very clear that he is complete fiction and that there is no such thing as good magic. You should be teaching them that humans can’t ever have super powers on their own, and that all such power can only come from God or His enemies. You should be teaching your kids that the enemies of God are terrible creatures who want to harm the people God loves. You should be teaching them that God is far more powerful than His enemies and that He promises to protect all those who properly respect Him. You should be teaching them that unlike Santa, God gets mad. God has boundaries. God doesn’t smile in the face of rebellion. Instead, He hands out spankings. If you’re being a godly parent, your kids should know what spankings are because they’ve received some from you when they were defying your authority. God is not some jolly pushover. He and Santa have nothing to do with each other, which is why you should take care to never blend the two of them in your child’s mind.