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January 2011 Moms
SweetHurricane
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Santa
SweetHurricane
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I know we are another year out on this (except those who already have older LOs), but I'm curious...
Are you going to tell your kid(s) Santa is real?
How will you determine which gifts are from you and which are from Santa? I can't remember what my parents did.
If you're telling the truth from the start, what will you say about why others lie? Will you ask them not to ruin it for other kids?
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Re: Santa
I remember most of the pricey things coming from my parents, except when there was a gift 'to everyone', like the year we got a game boy. Our parents usually got us clothes because we were particular, and elves don't take exchanges. Santa was usually responsible for sciencey and educational toys too, but idk if that was a coincidence or because my brother and I areboth kind of into nerdy things, heh.
Yes, I will tell LO that Santa is real and hope he believes for awhile. I have threatened older DS if he spills the beans.
I will pick one or two gifts to give LO on Christmas Eve to open from us and let everything else be from Santa. This year it is a stuffed Mickey Mouse and a pair of smocked Mickey Mouse Longalls.
The only think I have not figured out is how to explain that older DS gets his presents on Christmas Eve - I guess I'll tell him that Justin is too old for Santa to come see or make older DS wait until Christmas morning for his gifts.
I have friends who are very conservative Christians who do tell their children the truth about Santa and tell them that they cannot spill the beans to other kids. I don't know how they explain away the lie.
There is so few magical things left in childhood that I want at least that to be there for LO.
We always travelled on Christmas morning (2.5 hours to to be extended family) so we opened gifts on Christmas Eve. What my parents did was this:
Santa came while we were awake. We had our big sit down dinner and watched a Christmas movie. Randomly throughout the night my dad would jingle some bells and say "Santa's getting closer!!!". Eventually he'd go outside to see if he could find him and then come back in and tell us that Santa was here, but we couldn't see him or we couldn't have our gifts. We were holed up in our bedroom while Santa (my mom) put the gifts under the tree and ate the cookies/milk. "Santa" (my dad) would bang on our door, ask if we've been good, jingle some bells, and then leave.
You could probably do that if you can get older DS to play along.
We will tell him Santa is real. I think it is a magical experience for kids, and I look forward to it.
I pretty much split the gifts from us and Santa this year (not that he knows the difference.) I guess I will watch to see what he asks Santa for, and if I am going to get that, make it from Santa.
My SIL is Jewish and plans on raising her kids as non-Santa believers. She is going to ask her parents what they told her about Santa, because she understood and did not say anything to her santa-believing friends. She does not want her kids to ruin it for DS.
Santa is real.
When I was a kid all gifts were from Santa pretty much.
I plan to give JT pj's to open Christmas Eve and then maybe 1 or 2 things from me and DH on Christmas Day. All the rest will be from Santa.
I'm a bit nervous cause my dad's kids are coming here on 12/23 and all of my Santa presents are already under the tree. They are real snoopers too (6, 8, 11). I have to remind my dad and SM to have a story if they ask why Santa has presents under the tree already. Their problem not mine - no way I'm hiding presents just to put them all back out again. Is that mean?