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jenerally
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how do you feel about Santa?
jenerally
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I know this is hypothetical for a lot of you first timers out there but ... once your kid is old enough to "understand" the idea of Christmas, are you going to play up this Santa thing? Or will you explain that there is no Santa, but that lots of kids believe in him, yadda yadda?
Just curious.
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Re: how do you feel about Santa?
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You mean there is no santa?!?!?!
I'm going to let my child believe, I don't think there is any harm in a little fantasy.
I cannot wait to play Santa and see how excited our kids get. ?As soon as they start questioning, though, I'll be happy to explain it to them. ?That's what my parents did for me. ?I remember being disappointed, but it was worth it. ?
PLUS, I was on the phone with my sister the other day and my 3 year old nephew was starting to throw a tantrum. ?She goes, "do I need to call Santa??" ?Genius.
THERE'S NO SANTA????
Sorry, couldn't resist...I'll be playing up the Santa act. I think it'll be fun!
I totally play up Santa. As a preschool teacher, Thanksgiving to Christmas those kids were on their best behavior mostly because of Santa......In our eyes, Santa was a Godsend!
That being said, we will definitely make sure our kiddos know the real meaning behind Christmas.
I will totally play up Santa, b/c I found out when I was 5- kind of. I knew he wasn't real, but my parents were always talking about him, so I didn't want to ruin it for them.
My sister, on the other hand- sat down with her BFF and their American Girl catalogues and listed EVERYTHING until they were about 11- at which point, my parents felt the need to tell her. She thought it was okay to ask for $$$$$'s of gifts, since Mom and Dad werent buying!! Haha
LOL!!! I still believe in Santa... AND JESUS CHRIST TOO!
Whatever keeps my day happy! LOL!
I will keep Santa alive in our house for as long as I can until someone ruins it for the kids.
I loved it and it was so much fun believing in it. The first Christmas my parents let me in on the scam.....it was a major bummer. I helped stuff my siblings' stockings and then come Christmas morning it just wasn't as much fun!
I personally grew up believing in Santa. My dad even went to my bedroom window one christmas night and had red light bulb shining making me think it was the one with the red nose. He had my mom turn it off when I got up out of bed to check it out.?
Now I that I look back it was all so fun and am kinda sad that I am taking that?experience?away from my kids with only doing things for hanukkah at my house. ?My husband is against the idea of Santa all together although he too grew up with it.
Maybe I should leave the Santa thing up to?grandma?and grandpa and have him show up to their house with gifts? Ah I have a whole two years to really figure this out.. we will see what happens then.
LOL! My parents STILL won't admit there's no santa. . . I've come to terms with this NOW, but at 14? I was torn!
The rule in our house was: Santa only brings presents to children who believe in him. . . . we were true believers--and still are!
I definitely plan to carry on the tradition, although not sure how long I will torture them with the fantasy.
Nah - I put my baby Jesus right next to my singing Santa every year! On my lawn, I have a toy train, the nativity grouping, frosty the snow man, and my singing Santa on my porch.
Oh yeah, the lit up raindeer and christmas trees.
We're all Fd up!
I had a 7th grader a few years ago who whole-heartedly believed in Santa. I was proud to see his classmates not ruin it for him.
My friends have a rule that Santa brings one very special gift, M&D bring a few things. It really makes their kids choose one special thing from Santa.
I was always jealous of Hanukkah, as I liked the idea of a little something every day for a week.
There is a very odd writer - Terry Prachett, who has books about another world's version of Christmas called Hogswatch. Anyway Death is a character and the moral of the books from Death's perspective is that children need to believe in stuff like the tooth fairy and Santa (the Hogfather in his world) as practice for when they are adults so they can believe and contribute to adult concepts like truth and justice.
Pretty cynical, huh??!! But it's kind of the opposite of what your mom said, so I thought that was ironic.
We're Jewish. We'll tell the kids that although this isn't our holiday, the "reality" of Santa isn't a question to discuss with your friends. I'd hate for one of my kids to give away the secret.
Samantha Skye - Aug 30, 2006 AND Maxwell Griffin - April 14, 2009
Absolutely we do Santa in our house. My DD loves this time of year. It is so magical for kids. Contrary to what people say, she doesn't ask for a ton of extra stuff. I have made it known that Santa brings one big toy, so she has to decide what she wants MOST on her list. Right now she is deciding between a doll house or a basketball hoop (yes, she loves basketball, so funny!).
My parents have never admitted that there isn't a Santa. I think that is kind of cute. I think Santa is a feeling more than anything and I certainly won't ruin that for my kids. I also think that there are wayyy too many years ahead for my kids to deal with the harsh reality of life. I hated the kids that told other kids there wasn't a Santa. Even when I found out "the truth", I pretended it was real until well into my teens (I have a sister 8 years younger).