MMDad
Lem Putt
Careful, Jimmy. You keep saying this and one of these days Santa is going to give you reindeer poop instead of that lump of coal he usually gives you.
Careful, Jimmy. You keep saying this and one of these days Santa is going to give you reindeer poop instead of that lump of coal he usually gives you.
It all depends on the kid....my 2 oldest found out that there was no "Santa" when my oldest was about 9(the other one was 6) and they told my next one the following year(he was 5)
My girl found out when she was about 6 or 7 and my youngest has never "believed" in Santa
At what age do you feel a child should know that Santa is not real? I reallize it may be different for every child but as a general rule?
I see you share your dirty language with women and children just as you promote telling them lies.Until that happens why not just STxU
I see you share your dirty language with women and children just as you promote telling them lies.
Why can not one see that lies and profanities are wrong to spread around?
What do you mean Santa's not real?
...not attention to the mean people who are getting lumps of coal and sticks.
I've told this story before whenever it comes up here, but here I go again.
When I was 7, a little boy in my class told everyone that Santa was fake. We debated it for a while and then I went home and asked Mom...she told me they'd been faking it all along. I was devastated. I had the most miserable Christmas ever. She told me also that when my older brother was 6, they decided that he needed to know, so Dad took him aside and told him. He refused to talk to my parents for a week. My parents decided that with me, they needed to wait until I started asking questions.
So, my brother and I devised a plan. When our younger brother (at that time he wasn't yet 2) started to question it, we plotted to intercept his questions and not allow him to talk to our parents about it. It worked. He's 32 and no one ever spoiled it for him.
The fact is, all kids will outgrow the myth in their own time. They can and should be allowed to be children for as long as possible. Don't take the joy out of Christmas.
Now, I will add the disclaimer that if you just can't afford Christmas and your children have to live with the daily reality of poverty, at some point you may have not choice, but those children are the ones who need the myth of unselfish giving the most.
He'd probably lay his hands on you and attempt to cure you of your small minded, mean spirited stupidity.
I see you share your dirty language with women and children just as you promote telling them lies.
Why can not one see that lies and profanities are wrong to spread around?
I do not remember the age I was - maybe 5 - 10 years old, but I do remember well the event of finding out that EVERYBODY that I knew and I had trusted had all - ALL of them had been in on that Santa Christmas lying and I felt very betrayed.When I was 7, a little boy in my class told everyone that Santa was fake. We debated it for a while and then I went home and asked Mom...she told me they'd been faking it all along. I was devastated. I had the most miserable Christmas ever. She told me also that when my older brother was 6, they decided that he needed to know, so Dad took him aside and told him. He refused to talk to my parents for a week. My parents decided that with me, they needed to wait until I started asking questions.
Surely, after all that pain you endured, you would never betray the trust of someone in your family.EVERYBODY that I knew and I had trusted... I felt very betrayed.
The Santa story is often the first violation of the children's innocent trust.
Well I do not deny that I have hurt others.Surely, after all that pain you endured, you would never betray the trust of someone in your family.
Oops, too late.
I was traumatized to learn that Santa was a lie...
BUT~ I couldn't take the magic away from my kids.
The pain was well worth the 9 years of "fairydust."
Hope my kids will feel the same.
Oh please spare me the Your traumatic childhood has nothing to do with the Santa "lie." But it may explain a few things.I do not remember the age I was - maybe 5 - 10 years old, but I do remember well the event of finding out that EVERYBODY that I knew and I had trusted had all - ALL of them had been in on that Santa Christmas lying and I felt very betrayed.
The Santa lie was a fun joke to all of them, but it was a lie to me.
Then I was told about some miracle baby born in a manger and that one I knew to play along with that new lie so the Christmas presents and parties would keep on coming.
So the Santa lie showed me not to be fooled again with that Jesus story.
The Santa story is often the first violation of the children's innocent trust.