No Santa Claus

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy are not lies. They are lovely myths that bring a great deal of joy and wonder to children. Every parent has a right to tell their children about all of them. Santa brings me a lovely gift every year. Too bad you're such a bitch or maybe santa would care enough about you to leave you a surprise under the tree or in toe of your stocking!


Watching a 10 year old write a letter to Santa isn’t cute, it’s a very sad results of parents forcing a young mind into a state of deluded thinking to support their own escapism fantasies. If you want wonder, watch a sunset, don’t force feed your child a commercially driven fallacy.


You definitely have no friends.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


"Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy are not lies. They are lovely myths that bring a great deal of joy and wonder to children. Every parent has a right to tell their children about all of them. Santa brings me a lovely gift every year. Too bad you're such a bitch or maybe santa would care enough about you to leave you a surprise under the tree or in toe of your stocking!
"


Too bad you lie to your kids. Too bad you are a complete crazy person.

No adult wants to hurt a kid. Most people do not send their kids out purposely to upset others.

Let's go even further, its not up to everyone else to lie to your kid. You want to do that fine, everyone will understand.


Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


OP here. Although I had really hoped it wouldn't devolve into this sort of discussion, I 100% agree. But I also want to be sensitive to others to the extent I can without compromising my own values. At a minimum it's a good lesson for my kid and the right thing to do.


Values!?! JFC. get over yourself, OP.


My own values = not telling my kids there's a Santa Claus when i know there isn't. You may not agree, but certainly you can see that's a legit opinion?


Meh. My kids say, “Is Donald trump mean?” I say “some people think that.” etc

Adults know things that kids do not. That’s how the world works. I think depriving your kids of Santa magic for some ridiculous false bravado is depressing. No one was ever harmed - or their relationship harmed - by encouraging Santa. It just wasn’t.


The flip side is that no one was ever harmed - or their relationship harmed - by not believing in Santa. It just wasn’t.

So find somewhere else to direct your anger. The vitriol against little kids who don’t share your traditions is nuts.

(And try to remember that we live in a free country and freedom of religion means you and every other person can chose what you believe in or DO NOT believe in. We fought a war for the privilege.)

Anonymous
Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:I told my kids they would never want to be responsible for another kid finding out Santa isn't real because it will feel really terrible to do that. I told them a story from my own childhood (a true story) about ruining it for another kid and how I felt like an a-hole after.

I also told them the literal, physical Santa isn't real, but the idea of Santa is very real. We are all Santa.

Basically you just tell them not to be jerks and ruin it for other kids and hope for the best. It's a good life lesson. You don't need to share all the things you know all the time, now do you?


OP here. Thanks, this works for me.


So your plan is to tell your kid that telling other kids that Santa isn’t real is being a jerk and ruining it for them? So you get that you’re basically telling your child that you the parent are a jerk for ruining it for your own kid. Brilliant logic.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.


You’re the ones calling 5 year olds a$$holes if they don’t share your traditions. You’re the ones saying they lead sad depressing lives if their parents don’t lie to them.

I’m just asking you to tone it down a notch. Please? Maybe just for the Christmas season don’t call little kids a$$holes?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


OP here. Although I had really hoped it wouldn't devolve into this sort of discussion, I 100% agree. But I also want to be sensitive to others to the extent I can without compromising my own values. At a minimum it's a good lesson for my kid and the right thing to do.


Values!?! JFC. get over yourself, OP.


My own values = not telling my kids there's a Santa Claus when i know there isn't. You may not agree, but certainly you can see that's a legit opinion?


To me Santa is the spirit of Christmas that brings magic to the holiday so, no, I don’t agree with your opinion.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.


You’re the ones calling 5 year olds a$$holes if they don’t share your traditions. You’re the ones saying they lead sad depressing lives if their parents don’t lie to them.

I’m just asking you to tone it down a notch. Please? Maybe just for the Christmas season don’t call little kids a$$holes?


You’re mental.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


OP here. Although I had really hoped it wouldn't devolve into this sort of discussion, I 100% agree. But I also want to be sensitive to others to the extent I can without compromising my own values. At a minimum it's a good lesson for my kid and the right thing to do.


Values!?! JFC. get over yourself, OP.


My own values = not telling my kids there's a Santa Claus when i know there isn't. You may not agree, but certainly you can see that's a legit opinion?


To me Santa is the spirit of Christmas that brings magic to the holiday so, no, I don’t agree with your opinion.

Agreed. How anyone could deprive tiny kids of this is beyond me.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.


You’re the ones calling 5 year olds a$$holes if they don’t share your traditions. You’re the ones saying they lead sad depressing lives if their parents don’t lie to them.

I’m just asking you to tone it down a notch. Please? Maybe just for the Christmas season don’t call little kids a$$holes?


You’re mental.


Sigh. Okay I guess it’s too much to ask for adults not to call kids names.

Anonymous
You made your bed and now you have to sleep in it. I remember when my son was about ten I asked him if he believed in Santa. I knew that at 10 he knew the truth. But he said “I believe in the spirit of Santa Claus.” Maybe try to teach your kids about the spirit of Santa Claus and you might have a chance. But you blew it for them at an early age.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.


You’re the ones calling 5 year olds a$$holes if they don’t share your traditions. You’re the ones saying they lead sad depressing lives if their parents don’t lie to them.

I’m just asking you to tone it down a notch. Please? Maybe just for the Christmas season don’t call little kids a$$holes?


You’re mental.


Sigh. Okay I guess it’s too much to ask for adults not to call kids names.



I’m not a post to buy literally have no idea what you’re talking about. Some of us believe in the joy of giving at the holidays. You obviously think you are superior for not believing in that. No one is calling kids any names except for those who call them naïve etc. Enjoy your sad holidays.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Sigh. A lot of people don't think they are superior or whatever, they are just making different value calls.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patents blatantly perpetrate an active lie to their children and somehow, my eight year old is the bad guy if he fails bear the burden of YOUR lie to YOUR child. Give me a break.


Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy are not lies. They are lovely myths that bring a great deal of joy and wonder to children. Every parent has a right to tell their children about all of them. Santa brings me a lovely gift every year. Too bad you're such a bitch or maybe santa would care enough about you to leave you a surprise under the tree or in toe of your stocking!


Watching a 10 year old write a letter to Santa isn’t cute, it’s a very sad results of parents forcing a young mind into a state of deluded thinking to support their own escapism fantasies. If you want wonder, watch a sunset, don’t force feed your child a commercially driven fallacy.


You definitely have no friends.


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