I can’t be the only one who feels this way. I feel like we lie to our kids about Santa for no good reason. Why do we need to invent for kids a magical figure who watches their every move all year long and brings them presents on Christmas? Why can’t we as parents just take credit for the gifts we bought? Why not make the Christmas present tradition be about the spirit of giving?
“Frick” Santa Claus
- Thread starter AppleCornCy
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Grinch. The whole idea is to make things magical for kids. If you can't see that, then, well ... GRINCH!
I think you may have gotten the eggnog to brandy ratio reversed today.
I mostly agree with this and that’s what we do with our kids but I try to remind them though that some kids still believe in Santa so don’t ruin it for them. Parents who get mad at other parents for differences in handling Santa, the Easter Bunny, tooth fairy etc has always been something I don’t understand.
I know several parents that have chosen not to continue the tradition of Santa with their children. Do that if you want to. Their kids are good about not spoiling the idea for others.
I think the biggest deal for kids is getting the presents, regardless of where they came from. What does the “magic” of Santa really add? Something that you have to admit later that you lied about? A reason for kids from less well-off families to wonder why Santa didn’t bring them as much stuff as he brought their friends?
Sounds like somebody didn’t get what they wanted from ole Saint Nick……..
We don't lie about Santa. Life is hard/confusing enough already without constructing a false story that undermines their trust.
I’m going to guess if a kid has serious issues with being lied to about Santa they were probably already broken. It’s just a dumb tradition. Do it if you want or don’t. But I promise you, your kids are going to get over it either way, that is if it affects them at all.
I've actually developed a lack of need for presents among adults anyway.
'Here: have some clutter or something you wanted 5 months ago that we could have just gotten then'.
'Here: have some clutter or something you wanted 5 months ago that we could have just gotten then'.
We had a few Johava's witnesses in our community and in high school one went rogue.
Came back from winter break: 'I came downstairs on Xmas morning: no tree, presents, nothing!'
yeah I dunno. The reality of Santa didn’t give me trust problems. Crappy people I’ve associated with over the years have made that shaky. Santa was a fun tradition as a kid. I loved when my kids got pumped about Christmas morning too. Now that they’ve outgrown it mostly, it makes me a little sad but like you said, I get some credit now!
Big presents come from us and Santa brings the smaller gifts.
My daughter and Niece had so much fun last night setting traps for Santa and getting his cookies baked.
My daughter and Niece had so much fun last night setting traps for Santa and getting his cookies baked.
I'm on Team Santa.
Now if you want to discuss discontinuing gift giving to adults then I'm all ears.
Now if you want to discuss discontinuing gift giving to adults then I'm all ears.
