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Birthday Party Help (santa related)

kittylovekittylove member
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Bear with me because right now I am trying to figure a LOT of details out.

At my son's pre-school there is an auction each year, one of the things people can bid on is a visit with Santa in your home. Riley will be 4 next year at the begining of December and I am thinking about doing a Christmas themed party (yep WAY early to be planning).

We would decorate the house, gifts under the tree. I would do a baked mac and cheese for dinner, hot chocolate with it. We would decorate cookies and make orniments. Then Santa would come! Riley would go greet him in the front yard and bring him in to meet his friends. He would spend time with the kids, read Night Before Christmas or Polar Exspress, and give each child a gift (something little in loo of the traditional goody bag). We would send the kids home and Riley would get another bit of time 1 on 1 with Santa.

I obviously think this is brilliant. (LOL) DH is worried for all the right reasons. What if Riley is scarred? What if his friends are scarred? It has the potential to melt down FAST. His other concern is as a December baby himself Christmas always over shadowed his birthday. Riley could end up feeling the same way. We obviously have a while to think about it but DH takes FOREVER to warm up about any idea that isn't his idea (took 2 yrs to convince him Disneyland with a 3yr old was a good idea) So I need to start NOW if I am going to get him on my side before the auction. But first I need to figure out if I think this is brilliant or bust.

What do you think?

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Re: Birthday Party Help (santa related)

  • LIAngelLIAngel member
    How would Riley and his friends be scarred?   I think it's a pretty good idea.   My sister is a December7th baby and I really don't recall Christmas overshadowing her birthday when we were kids. My mom wouldn't even decorate the house until after her birthday. Back then it seemed like the time between her birthday and Christmas took forever.    Maybe if her birthday was the week of Christmas she would have felt slighted.  
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    I think it sounds fun!  4 should be old enough that there won't be any meltdowns, plus it seems that most meltdowns are from sitting on Santa's lap and this would be the perfect environment where a child could talk to Santa but not sit on his lap if he/she was too scared.  good luck convincing your DH. 

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  • pandabearloverpandabearlover
    I love this idea!  It sounds super cute!
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  • RoxBrideRoxBride member

    I think it sounds like a lovely Christmas party. But not a birthday party, at all.

    The focus goes off of birthdays and the birthday boy and on Santa, and on what the other kids want for Christmas and the gifts they get from Santa and not the birthday boy and his birthday presents.

    Which, you know, it would depend on the child. Some might be cool with that, but some not so much.

    I personally would side with your husband, and have a birthday party that has nothing to do with Christmas. But that's coming from a mom of a December 23rd baby, with a sissy born on Christmas day and one on the 20th. Maybe we are overly sensitive.

    I guess I'd say you want a santa party, do a santa party, but not as his birthday party.

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  • LisaBRMLisaBRM
    This may not apply to you at all, but, does Riley have any jewish friends.  A party like this was discussed on my local board and I, and some other jewish moms (not all of them) told the person that we wouldn't send our child to the party.  That said, whether or not I would send my daughter shouldn't influence what you want to do.  I just wanted to put it out there in case you hadn't thought about it.
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  • kittylovekittylove member

    imageLisaBRM:
    This may not apply to you at all, but, does Riley have any jewish friends.  A party like this was discussed on my local board and I, and some other jewish moms (not all of them) told the person that we wouldn't send our child to the party.  That said, whether or not I would send my daughter shouldn't influence what you want to do.  I just wanted to put it out there in case you hadn't thought about it.

    Thanks for bringing it up. I had thought of it as we have one family who it might be an issue for. To my knowlage they celebrate both so I don't think it would be a deal breaker. I would of course bring it up with them before hand just to make sure they felt okay about it.

     

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