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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say that Santa and the Easter Bunny visit families that practice their traditions.  Your family had different traditions, so you didn't get visits from Santa or EB, but you did have (insert some family tradition here) instead. [/quote]

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You don’t have to do them all either, if you don’t want to buy the way.  Plenty of Americans don’t, especially the Christian themed ones (advent calendar, Santa, Easter bunnny).  I grew up with a different kind of advent calendar them people mostly do here (no gifts) and that’s what my kids are getting.[/quote]

I also grew up with giftless, candy-free Advent calendar. Everyday there was something positive to do. I’ve used both my kids. They open the positive thing in the morning and then at dinner, discuss how it went. For dessert, they get a piece of the candy from the other calendar. It’s just Lidl so it’s smaller than a Hershey kiss.

Although the daily positive thing is from my religion (Catholic), it can be adapted for any religion (or none) and used for any time period to encourage positivity, charity, thoughtfulness, and other mindsets and actions. [/quote]

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