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Friends don't let friends know there isn't a Santa
There's nothing quite so innocent as a child's belief in Santa Claus, and as parents we often try to keep the fantasy going as long as possible. How can we resist a child desperately trying to stay awake to get a peek of Santa pushing his hulking torso down the chimney? Unfortunately, as kids get older, usually around 6, they talk. And some of them know the truth. A Mom•Logic staffer told us one day her daughter came home from kindergarten in tears because a little girl in her class told all the kids there was no Santa Claus. “Five parents called the school because other children came home and said the same thing. Luckily, I was able to convince her that “since that little girl didn't believe, she would not get a visit from Santa."
How do you keep the Santa myth alive?
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It took alot of clever dodges on our part to keep it alive as long as we did. Phone calls from “Santa” who was really my father’s friend. Or the very clever planted proof. My daughter was 11 when we had to tell her. It was really tough but we knew she was old enough. What we didn’t think of was the next question… “What about the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny?” Wow. She was really great about it though and she helps us keep it alive for her sister who’s five. It’s fun for us to have that bonding with her now that she’s older.
We “capture” Santa on video on Christmas eve putting gifts under the tree. Sometimes Santa sees the camera and takes a video of the kids sleeping in their beds, and before Santa (me) ‘leaves’ he says Merry Christmas to all and to all a good nite.
I think it helps that we the parents also “get into” the whole Santa thing ,baking cookies, calling Santa…etc etc. We also have the kids write (or draw depending on age) a thank you letter to Santa for the gifts he brought them. In our house the reindeer are not forgotten either. I love the whole Santa Claus thing.
And when they do get “old enough” I explain to them the that Mom and Dad are Santa as well as everyone who loves and cares for kids…teachers Doctors police officers etc. and that THEY (the kids) are now a Santa too!
I did explain to my son that as far as a live person who is named Santa and delivers gifts all over, no he is not real. BUT the spirit of Santa (ST Nick)is alive and well. I also told him he cannot tell another child that there is no Santa. Because every child needs something to beilieve in. My oldest took this to heart and pulled some older boys aside at Daycare who were trying to ‘ruin it’ for another boy. Once my son explained, those boys stopped told the younger boy they were only kidding, and that they were sorry.
After all if you are now a Santa….then Santa is real because you are real….
Ho Ho Ho have a Merry Christmas
Be careful, when the child who was told that that little spoiler won’t get a visit from Santa finds out that she did then YOU are the one who lied to her. Ouch.
When our kids started to question I started to talk about Santa as part of the magic of Christmas. It doesn’t matter whether he exists or not, as long as we believe in the magic of Christmas we will always find joy in the season. I told them that I CHOSE to believe in the magic of Christmas and I hoped that they would too. This worked for us. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
A few years ago my son came to me and told that his friend said there was Santa and his friend’s grandma said there was no Santa as well. SO I asked him, what does your Grandma tell you and what do I tell you. He said that we told there is a Santa and then I asked him what he wanted to believe, and he wanted to believe that there is a Santa. I told him if wants to believe in Santa then no one else can tell him other wise.
My parents never told me there was no Santa and even as teenagers we never really discussed that there wasn’t a Santa, we still got gifts from him.
I really truly knew there was no actually Santa the year I had to buy my own Santa gifts for my son.
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Last year we did the coolest thing for our 5 year old daughter. She wanted a new bed set for her bedroom. After she went to sleep christmas eve we moved her into our bed and changed her entire bed… Dust Ruffle, Shams, Sheets, Comforter.. the whole bit. And then we moved her back into her bed. Christmas morning she awoke to her find her bed had been magically transformed by Santa while she slept in it!
She also gets reminder letters occaisionally through the year from santa to remember to stay on the nice list.
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I agree it is the sweetest thing! My daughter is ten she has Autism and she still believes in Santa. She wants to bake Santa chocolate chip cookies and leave him a glass of milk too!Brittney even wrote Santa a letter to mail to Santa and is seriously expecting a letter from him. There is a site where Santa will mail a letter, stickers and he personalizes it with your childs name and info you give about them. Brittney was so excited last year when she received her letter! So get the letter, bake the cookies and keep Santa”s memories alive!!! Happy Holidays