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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Stories are powerful and for some people they are very emotional. Santa is a story. He's not our story but he's important to some of our friends and it is not kind to argue with people about their stories. Accept what your friends have to tell you about their stories, like Santa, and don't argue with them about those stories."[/quote]

+100 I’m curious whether any of the santa-truthers take their kids to church? Bc this is basically the same talk we give our kids about religion or Elf on the shelf or any customs or ideas we don’t believe in. We do Santa, but our extended family do not. We’ve never had a problem; i do think it is the first lesson in tolerance of different beliefs. I think if your family doesn’t want to do santa, that’s fine, but to create a vitriolic kindergartener who ruins everyone else’s fun is sad. It suggests that maybe you are uncomfortable with not giving your kids Santa and try to justify it by telling them the “adult truth” rather than you just don’t believe. I agree with the PP who stated there are a lot of ways to raise children differently without necessarily telling them the “adult” truth. That said, my kids have encountered the Santa truthers at school and generally just dismiss them. [/quote]

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