This is probably the last year DD will believe in Santa. How do I make it special?

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Anonymous wrote:I love the parents who think their kid is absolutely brilliant…yet they still believe in Santa, the Easter bunny and tooth fairy at 10.

Those kids play along. They always know. Their parents eat it up.

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Do a "Santa is not real" themed Christmas.

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Anonymous wrote:We never pretended Santa was real. But we still do it and enjoy it. It’s a game. Pageantry. Theater. It’s fun.

How do you do this?

I didn't grow up with Santa, weird religious cult.

I don;t have anything against Santa as a fun tradition, but I do take issue with a lot of the things surrounding him specifically as it relates to other children, ie spent a lot of time working with kids and schools and how confused some kids were that Santa didn't do or bring things to their house despite them being very good, I don't want to contribute to that. I also don't want it to be something I have to tell them about

You do you. But others aren’t going to deprive their kids in solidarity.

That’s fine, but we’re also not going to keep the truth from your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:The lies have become so elaborate there are fourth graders that still believe in Santa, flying reindeer and magical stuffed elves. Lol, it isn’t for the kids at that point.

And? Who does it hurt for fourth graders to believe in magic? I never told my kids any “elaborate lies,” and answered their questions with things like, “hmm, what do you think?” Most kids will gradually figure it out over time, but many still like to play along and pretend. I certainly never told my parents I knew, but at some point of course they knew I did. But it was still fun.

This is similar to what my parents did and what I have done. We are a “if you don’t believe you don’t receive” family. Instead of this big sad moment of finding out Santa is not “real,” there’s just a gradual transition. Everyone still enjoys the rituals, cookies and notes for Santa, magic carrots and oats for the reindeer. It’s very sweet to find that your YA or teen has filled a stocking or snuck a Santa gift for you.

that's so messed up

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Anonymous wrote:We never pretended Santa was real. But we still do it and enjoy it. It’s a game. Pageantry. Theater. It’s fun.

How do you do this?

I didn't grow up with Santa, weird religious cult.

I don;t have anything against Santa as a fun tradition, but I do take issue with a lot of the things surrounding him specifically as it relates to other children, ie spent a lot of time working with kids and schools and how confused some kids were that Santa didn't do or bring things to their house despite them being very good, I don't want to contribute to that. I also don't want it to be something I have to tell them about

You do you. But others aren’t going to deprive their kids in solidarity.

Ok. Doesn't really answer the question though.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t. I told each of my kids about Santa in the spring of second grade.

They appreciated that I told them the truth and didn’t try to turn a special thing for little kids into an increasingly elaborate series of lies. It made them feel mature to know.

I think it was a good approach since they still had Santa fun as babies.

Why Tf would you do this you wench

Chill TF out. Jewish children end up just fine.

A Jewish kid ruined it for my child.

LOL GOOD.

Why are you so hostile? You are talking to strangers and you are glad for their disappointment? What's wrong with people and why is everyone so angry?

NP here but the person pp responded to deserved it for being racist.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the parents who think their kid is absolutely brilliant…yet they still believe in Santa, the Easter bunny and tooth fairy at 10.

I know this is going to be terribly offensive, but many MANY adults believe in religious figures/gods/God that not everyone believes is real…so a 10 year old child believing in Santa isn’t that far crazy if their parents and everyone around them have been telling them he’s real their whole life.

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My teens still insist we do everything we did when they were little. They still put out cookies and can't wait to wake up to see their stockings filled. Its still holiday magic.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t. I told each of my kids about Santa in the spring of second grade.

They appreciated that I told them the truth and didn’t try to turn a special thing for little kids into an increasingly elaborate series of lies. It made them feel mature to know.

I think it was a good approach since they still had Santa fun as babies.

Why Tf would you do this you wench

Chill TF out. Jewish children end up just fine.

A Jewish kid ruined it for my child.

LOL GOOD.

Why are you so hostile? You are talking to strangers and you are glad for their disappointment? What's wrong with people and why is everyone so angry?

NP here but the person pp responded to deserved it for being racist.

Yup.

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Anonymous wrote:We never pretended Santa was real. But we still do it and enjoy it. It’s a game. Pageantry. Theater. It’s fun.

How do you do this?

I didn't grow up with Santa, weird religious cult.

I don;t have anything against Santa as a fun tradition, but I do take issue with a lot of the things surrounding him specifically as it relates to other children, ie spent a lot of time working with kids and schools and how confused some kids were that Santa didn't do or bring things to their house despite them being very good, I don't want to contribute to that. I also don't want it to be something I have to tell them about

You do you. But others aren’t going to deprive their kids in solidarity.

Ok. Doesn't really answer the question though.

My kid is under no obligation to lie to your kids for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t. I told each of my kids about Santa in the spring of second grade.

They appreciated that I told them the truth and didn’t try to turn a special thing for little kids into an increasingly elaborate series of lies. It made them feel mature to know.

I think it was a good approach since they still had Santa fun as babies.

Why Tf would you do this you wench

Chill TF out. Jewish children end up just fine.

A Jewish kid ruined it for my child.

LOL GOOD.

Why are you so hostile? You are talking to strangers and you are glad for their disappointment? What's wrong with people and why is everyone so angry?

NP here but the person pp responded to deserved it for being racist.

Racist is not the word you’re looking for.

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Anonymous wrote:We never pretended Santa was real. But we still do it and enjoy it. It’s a game. Pageantry. Theater. It’s fun.

How do you do this?

I didn't grow up with Santa, weird religious cult.

I don;t have anything against Santa as a fun tradition, but I do take issue with a lot of the things surrounding him specifically as it relates to other children, ie spent a lot of time working with kids and schools and how confused some kids were that Santa didn't do or bring things to their house despite them being very good, I don't want to contribute to that. I also don't want it to be something I have to tell them about

You do you. But others aren’t going to deprive their kids in solidarity.

Ok. Doesn't really answer the question though.

What’s the question? Someone taking issue with something like this is grandstanding. Nobody else cares.

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OP. Well, DCUM, you never disappoint. I asked a question about Christmas, and not only did I not get any good answers, it devolved into antisemitic rants and arguing over whose kid is better LOL. Never change, y’all.

Anyway, so we decided to take a family trip out of state to where there will be snow (DD loves snow), stay in an AirBNB that has miniature horses, and do one of those Polar Express rides. Should be fun!

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Anonymous wrote:We never pretended Santa was real. But we still do it and enjoy it. It’s a game. Pageantry. Theater. It’s fun.

How do you do this?

I didn't grow up with Santa, weird religious cult.

I don;t have anything against Santa as a fun tradition, but I do take issue with a lot of the things surrounding him specifically as it relates to other children, ie spent a lot of time working with kids and schools and how confused some kids were that Santa didn't do or bring things to their house despite them being very good, I don't want to contribute to that. I also don't want it to be something I have to tell them about

You do you. But others aren’t going to deprive their kids in solidarity.

Ok. Doesn't really answer the question though.

My kid is under no obligation to lie to your kids for you.[/quote

Where did I say they should lie? I'm very confused.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. Well, DCUM, you never disappoint. I asked a question about Christmas, and not only did I not get any good answers, it devolved into antisemitic rants and arguing over whose kid is better LOL. Never change, y’all.

Anyway, so we decided to take a family trip out of state to where there will be snow (DD loves snow), stay in an AirBNB that has miniature horses, and do one of those Polar Express rides. Should be fun!

Sounds like fun, enjoy!