Is Santa Claus real? What do you tell your children?
@Schnorrawaggle (688)
Austria
December 11, 2007 6:22am CST
As another Xmas approaches I once again am dealing with the dilemma of Santa Claus.
How did you deal with Santa Claus with your children? Did you tell them from the beginning there is no Santa? Were you upset when someone else told them Santa is fake, cuz you want them to believe in Santa for as long as possible? Do you yourself still believe in the jolly fat man in the red suit? Or do you avoid Xmas altogether?
3 responses
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
11 Dec 07
To me and my family, Santa is real, it's not so much in the physical person, but in the belief of giving and not expecting anything in return. Do I believe, you bet I do, do my daughters, oh yeah, and by the way one is 19 and the other is 26. With my children, it was just carrying on the tradition, so they believed in Santa from their first Christmas on, did I ever tell them any different, no, after they got older, it was just part of tradition, that they will carry on with their children someday. Avoid Christmas, oh my gosh, no way, I love everything about Christmas. And I have found just one more thing to love about Christmas Eve, this will be my 3rd Christmas with my s/o, and on Christmas Eve he will call his daughter, who will be 14 Christmas Day, and he'll read her The Night Before Christmas. He has read that to her since she was little and climbed up on his lap to hear the story, and he carries on that tradition, and always will. He waits til last minute for shopping, but come Christmas Eve, time stands still for just a few minutes as he reads that to her.
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
11 Dec 07
Thank you, I was in awe of him, the first Christmas I was with him and he said hang on I have something to do. He turned off the tv, picked up the book and the phone, and read this to his daughter. Just one more reason I love him and the season.
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@tiffiny (872)
• United States
11 Dec 07
You shouldn't be the one to end their fantasy about Santa! I make sure my kids know what Christmas is really about but they also know about Santa. Their childhood will be shorter than ours anyways with the things they will have to deal with so why take anything away from that? I have special sparkly paper that I use for their Santa gifts and everything.
@Schnorrawaggle (688)
• Austria
12 Dec 07
I just wonder whether this form of lying to them, which it is when you get right to it, it is lying to them, is good for them in the end. I know I wasn't thrilled to find out my parents lied to me for so many years.
@jazgottt (1180)
• Poland
28 Jan 12
I know that it is hard to lie children about Santa Claus. I am against all lies - even those little "white lies". I can't stand when someone lies to me.
I used to know that Santa Claus is not real when I was a child because my older brother told me about it:). I remember that it was great fun to search the house to check where my parents hid our presents. So we knew earlier what we are going to get. We were happy to get these presents even though we knew what it was
. I am not sure if my parents knew about it - maybe. They of course lied to us that Santa Claus brought us presents. My mother even told me when I was about 3 years old that sausage is something that grow on a plant like strawberry or tomato...[
It's nothing weird that I eat mostly plants now
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I don't have children now, but who knows - I may have children in the future. I am sure that I won't tell them that Santa Claus exists, but I'll give them presents. I could dress like a Santa Claus and read them books about Santa Claus so they could think that he is someone like fairy. So they would know about tradition. If someone else will tell them that he exists and they would believe in him, I won't bother to change their beliefs. I simply don't lie and won't tell them this.
I am a nanny - I look after a girl who believes in Santa Claus because her parents said her that he brings her presents. I don't say her that Santa Claus is not real. I give her present and I say "it is on the occasion of Christmas". She is happy and loves my presents (I really know what she likes). I even wore Santa's red cap once and she liked it very much. She still believes in Santa now and she is over 4,5 years old. Even if she asked me if Santa Claus exists I would say that she should ask her parents because they know everything. I'd say the same about god - I don't believe in certain religion but I know that her parents are Christians so I won't mess in her head with my beliefs. She didn't talk to me about such things like god but if she would do this in the future I won't tell her my opinion, but I'd say: I don't know much about it, just ask your parents, they will know for sure.
. I am not sure if my parents knew about it - maybe. They of course lied to us that Santa Claus brought us presents. My mother even told me when I was about 3 years old that sausage is something that grow on a plant like strawberry or tomato...[ It's nothing weird that I eat mostly plants now.
I don't have children now, but who knows - I may have children in the future. I am sure that I won't tell them that Santa Claus exists, but I'll give them presents. I could dress like a Santa Claus and read them books about Santa Claus so they could think that he is someone like fairy. So they would know about tradition. If someone else will tell them that he exists and they would believe in him, I won't bother to change their beliefs. I simply don't lie and won't tell them this.
I am a nanny - I look after a girl who believes in Santa Claus because her parents said her that he brings her presents. I don't say her that Santa Claus is not real. I give her present and I say "it is on the occasion of Christmas". She is happy and loves my presents (I really know what she likes). I even wore Santa's red cap once and she liked it very much. She still believes in Santa now and she is over 4,5 years old. Even if she asked me if Santa Claus exists I would say that she should ask her parents because they know everything. I'd say the same about god - I don't believe in certain religion but I know that her parents are Christians so I won't mess in her head with my beliefs. She didn't talk to me about such things like god but if she would do this in the future I won't tell her my opinion, but I'd say: I don't know much about it, just ask your parents, they will know for sure.
