Faith in Christ vs "Faith" in Santa Claus

What exactly is FAITH? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of Faith is simply this: "firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust.", whereas the true and honest definition of Faith comes from Hebrews 11:1... "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Faith is one of those things that you either have/believe in or you just simply don't have it all. Compare it to when you were a little kid and your parents told you about Santa Claus. As most normal kids in this world, you believed that there was such a thing as a jolly man who wore a red suit and had a beard as white as snow, and who came down your chimney once a year but only if you were good the previous 364 days of the year. Am I right or am I right? I mean growing up, my parents would say "you better be good or Santa won't bring you presents but a lump of coal instead...or here is a common thing that my dad said on Christmas Eve every year "Time for bed kids! You need to go to sleep or Santa won't come to our house!" I'm not bashing the whole idea of Santa or anything amongst the world's perspective/view on the Christmas Holiday, but it sounds silly to lie to your kids by telling them that a magical man lives in the North Pole and that he brings them presents, but only if their good. Is that faith, or is it not? Sometimes we believe, sometimes we don't, and sometimes we change our minds. Where am I getting at you may ask?? Well...you believed in Santa, which of whom, is an imaginary thing, unless you see someone dressed up as him at the mall and have your picture taken with him, but you had faith in Santa. Whereas, having faith in Christ is true and we know that Jesus is real based on our own faith and what the Bible tells us. The Bible is proof that Christ was born, died for our sins, and rose again to proclaim His glory. Another blogger chose this subject as well to blog about and this is what she said "Christmas is hopeful for me because it is a time to reflect on the scandalous doctrine of Incarnation: God stepping into the messiness of humanity. God didn't come bearing pat answers. God didn't come bearing pat answers. God came as a Person, one who laughs, cries, gets angry, works, sleeps, and enters into relationship with people. I have learned there's nothing in life messier and grey-er and has the most potential for beauty and devastation than relationships. God chose this. Immanuel, God with us." Peter Rollins says, "To believe is human. To doubt, divine." Having faith doesn't mean an absence of doubt. Sometimes it is in those darkest moments when we encounter the divine love of Christ and His peace, grace, and mercy. A friend of mine just told me this a few minutes ago while discussing this topic and this is what he said "So imagine this if parents worked as hard as they do to insure that there kids believe in Santa how much different our world would be if they treated belief in God the same." Wow..what a difference our world would be if that statement really happened. I found this blog difficult to right about simply because I do not want to send out the wrong message to people, and I don't want those of you who are reading this to think that I am saying that faith in Santa is the same as faith in Christ..because believe me its not. Two different things...Christ is more important than Santa. Christ saves, Santa doesn't. Christ is real, Santa isn't. Plain and simple.