Lying to kids about Santa

Answer as in the reason or the solution? lol

 

Hadn't thought of it like that, take your pick

 

yeah, he tried once at trivia night, but he got that question wrong.

you'd think there would be a simpler way to light up a plane than amputating rare reindeer noses.

 

Why does believing a bearded dude in a red suit brought the Zhu Zhu Pets and the Teletubbies make Christmas cooler?

I don't get it.

 

I look on Santa as kind of a fairy tale, and I think having fairy tales is good for children. My parents told me and it made me happy to think of Santa and when I got older I realized it was just a story and I was fine.

I believe in all sorts of fairy tales as a child and I would feel very sad for myself if I had missed out on that.

 

I completely agree with what you are saying.

It actually bothers me how these days it seems like children are not allowed to be children anymore.

 

I don't like Santa for the following reasons:

1. It's a vast conspiracy from adults to control the actions of children (be good or Santa won't bring you presents)

2. 364 days out of the year is a strange man broke into your house you would call 911.

3. 364 days out of the year you tell your kids not to talk to strangers and certainly NOT TO SIT IN SOME STRANGE MAN'S LAP!!!!!

4. It sets up a werid situation for non-christian children, a magical man doesn't bring them presents.

 

I was one of those terrible mothers who lied to her children. I told them there was a Santa, tooth fairy and an Easter bunny.

I would do the same thing all over again.

They grow up way too fast and those precious times as little children are gone.

My goal in life is to have them have those warm Christmas feelings all year long, Santa was just the start.

 

People should not be allowed to celebrate Hanukkah because it sets up a weird situation about some oil that lasted 8 days when my kids know that just couldn't happen because we're not Jewish...






I never took my kids to sit on a strange man's lap or told them they would not get presents if they were bad...besides, do you think kids are so inherently bad that we need to control them? Nothing wrong with my kids because I raise them right, "Santa" is one day a year...

And do you tell your kids to call 911 if any magical fairies "break in" to your house?

 

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I'll explain the story, but I'll call Santa consumerism and the elves being 15 year old kids working 12 hour days in Vietnam. My kids'll grow up hating me. But in the end I think they'll turn out stronger. :biggrin:

Just kidding. I don't care. Let some kids have some fun. I for one, was not scarred by my parents lying to me about Santa. If that's the worst part of your childhood, go find a therapist and have him whisper 'it's not your fault' at you.

 

I don't get this....Because Santa is very Christian ?
It has absoultely nothing to do with religion. A magical man who brings presents doesn't go well with baby Jesus at all.

Actually, I'd say that a big reason of why I was never told about Santa is precisely religion. In fact, I believe it was even said that Santa is mostly a symbol of the western world and not a part of our culture and it never was. And that we shouldn't change our traditions. And this came from the Church :sunny:

So I'm just saying....Your reason number 4 makes no sense.

 

Kids need to start getting used to being lied to.

 

qft

 

Not that I want children, but I would have no problem in telling them Santa was real. It's a magical part of being a child. I wish I still got the feeling I did thinking Santa would be on his way.

 

Thank you. I agree, people are too over the top these days.

 

Yeah.... CHRISTmas has nothing to do with religion...

I don't know about anyone else, but for me, I would rather kids were raised to be happy, kind and be able to find the 'magic' in life, EVERY DAY.

But hey, if ONE day out of 365 is that much more important to you then the other 364, go for it.

 

Did you appose to Christmas was you were six then?

 

As much as I hate the shitty consumer attitude behind Christmas, I'd never deny a child the experience of thinking some fat, magical happy man was on his way to bring them presents in a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

Last night I visited my niece and she was dressed in her jammies sitting underneath the christmas tree she and her mom had spent the afternoon putting up and she was so proud of it. She kept showing me all the decorations and lights she put on it and where the presents were going to go. That'd be real shitty of someone to take that fun away from their child just because they didn't like the idea of it.

 

Did I oppose it? No...

Did I believe in santa? No...

Did I believe in god? No...

Did I ever think men coming into a house at night was a good thing... NO...

You know what else? Since I was 6, I've gained a little bit of knowledge and wisdom, and choose to apply that to raising my child.

Do I want my child thinking there is some magical being that will materialize gifts out of nowhere with no relation to the actual world? No...

I know this family, not too far from here... They are generally always broke, just scrape by sorta thing... The months leading up to christmas are filled with their three kids telling them all the things that they want from santa...

So they go out and borrow 1500 dollars for gifts, fall behind in their bills, spend the next 9 or 10 months paying it back, and their kids go on thinking that it doesn't matter if you have bills to pay cause Santa Clause will bring them their ipods and nike shoes...

Me, I'm honest with my daughter... She knows that it costs money to buy gifts. She understands that that money has to come from somewhere.

She also understands that the spirit of the season isn't about buying gifts, or about spending money, or about anything other then spending time and sharing joy with those you care about.

Yeah, I think I'll stick to my method....

Oh yeah, and she also knows her father doesn't lie to her.