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In reply to the discussion: As a child, did your parents/guardians tell you that Santa brought you gifts at Christmas? [View all]Maeve
(42,810 posts)46. Yes...and no
Santa wasn't the biggest part of Christmas and gifts came from many sources (and we bought for our family and friends from an early age), so his 'reality' wasn't a big deal--we learned the 'we all have to be Santa' lesson early on.
Our kids didn't like the idea of Santa coming into the house, so we explained that he delivered the gifts, like the UPS guy the kids were familiar with, and we stayed up to take the delivery and put things under the tree. Our kids figured out that we were buying them when they found the stash of presents one December. They also knew that some kids didn't have any one to 'play Santa' for them, so local 'giving trees' were part of how we celebrated the season, too.
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As a child, did your parents/guardians tell you that Santa brought you gifts at Christmas? [View all]
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
OP
It's also a good idea to teach one';s children the difference between dishonesty and speculation
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#59
Yes, although very early my critical thinking brought reality to bear. That being said
underahedgerow
Dec 2015
#22
I'm glad to hear you did that. My mom's impoverished childhood taught her the opposite lesson...
Hekate
Dec 2015
#24
Yes, and we watched him come up from the cellar and put our presents under the tree and drink milk
boston bean
Dec 2015
#35
Of all of my childhood traumas (mostly my parents arguing, which I hated) believing
CTyankee
Dec 2015
#47
It's not a problem to me that you chose to create magic for your kids by needlessly lying to them
whatthehey
Dec 2015
#70
That Reindeer roast on the Christmas Dinner table must have come from somewhere.
hunter
Dec 2015
#63
My 4-1/2-year-old great nieces like to pretend they are dogs and horses.
greatauntoftriplets
Dec 2015
#78