Holidays?

brandiriley

So it is finally coming out in our families that my husband and I don't really want to cover some of the holiday icons with our daughter, such as the Easter bunny and Santa.  We will still cover the holiday by saying that some people/ cultures celebrate it this way, and she will still get presents at Christmas, just from mommie and daddy and grandparents, not Santa. Some of our family thinks we are taking the holidays away from her, but we really just don't want to lie to her, and have her feel like we did her wrong lieing to her. (Its how my husband felt when he found out as a small child)  I know my mom is trying to compromise in some ways. she wants us to let Santa come to her house, but not ours, and we think its a bad idea because then she will think there is something wrong with our house, or us.

So is it really that bad that we want to approach the holidays from the angle that Santa and the Easter Bunny are other peoples cultures?  Everyone we have told says we are taking the fun out of it, and not letting her find this out on her own. Also anyone with any other ideas on how to handle this, the ideas would be appreciated!

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dholsapp

SookieFrackhouse68:

My parents never did Santa or the EB. I wish they had.

 

i hope to 1D

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Hesterlicious

SookieFrackhouse68:

My parents never did Santa or the EB. I wish they had.

This happened to DH. He

lylasmom7413

i can understand trying to protect the lo from finding out santa or tooth fairy..etc isn't real. df's youngest found out at school santa wasn't real because some little boy was teasing her about it. she was devastated. however, i do have a friend who wasn

brandiriley

My husband sorta resents the holidays, but its not like we aren't going to celebrate them, just explain about the Easter bunny and what he and the eggs stand for, and that some cultures believe in Santa or saint Nicholas, and how he came about. he feel

lylasmom7413

to each his own i suppose. i guess it would be a good idea to explain about the holidays, but i wouldn't want to take away that joy of the figures who go with it. even though it may not all be real, i would still want to see that face light up when the

BoopADoopBetty

brandiriley:

My husband sorta resents the holidays, but its not like we aren't going to celebrate them, just explain about the

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thepretzelchick

My plan at the moment (and we'll see how this holds up in the coming years) is to incorporate the non-religious things into our religious celebrations--such as stockings, visiting the mall Santa, and reading "The Night Before Christmas" for Christmas and

BoopADoopBetty

Charlie Brown will be dictating the holidays around my house. Linus does a great job during Christmas and the Great Pumpkin, and the Easter Beagle trumps the Easter Bunny any day.