Anticipating Holiday Drama

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you can reasonably ask another adult to join you in lying to your child. I really don't get this. I don't go around saying "Santa isn't real" but I would be extremely uncomfortable if someone asked me to agree to lie to their kid. What kind of "problem" do you foresee exactly? Even if your sibling or the unbelieving child did say "there is no Santa" you could say "well, some people believe and some don't" or whatever to smooth things over. Also, I would be astonished if your 10 year old has not figured things out by now.

Well one issue is We have gotten into the habit of all gifts being from Santa. I can forsee this being an issue with my sister. I know they don't do this for my niece, so how will explain niece not getting gifts from Santa or Auntie bringing gifts with her?
The other is the kids leave out milk , cookies, and reindeer food, my niece has never done this so I can see this being strange to her and she makes an innocent 5 year old comment that upsets everyone, especially the 4 year olds.

As I mentioned in my , OP my sister didn't grow up with Santa so I doubt she will see the problems that could arise.

[Anonymous]

Honestly I think a simple heads up to your sister. Let her know the other kids are still into Santa and ask her what she thinks. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, you have way bigger problems than Santa...

[Anonymous]

Actually I think your sister is going to be the one who's in the hot seat with her kid. Her kid is going to want to know why her cousins do all of these fun things and she gets the Scrooge Christmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think a simple heads up to your sister. Let her know the other kids are still into Santa and ask her what she thinks. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, you have way bigger problems than Santa...

+1

Please don't go behind your sister's back to get "consensus" from the rest of your family. You are the one creating drama here. Mention it to your sister and ask her how she thinks it should be handled.

And your ten-year-old absolutely knows that Santa isn't real. He might enjoy the Santa "game," but it's not going to spoil Christmas for him that someone else doesn't "do" Santa.