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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NBD. Put out the cookies and read story at night. In the morning each kid gets a present labeled "From Santa" provided by you. Ask big kids to play along and if Santa debates pop up keep it agnostic and lighthearted (we will see if Santa is coming, have you checked the North Pole to see if Santa isn't real, etc).[/quote]

Wow. This is a jerk thing to do, undermine a sibling's stated preference for parenting in this way. I'm another poster who was raised with Santa but now doesn't celebrate Christmas. If any family member pulled this crap on us, we'd be out of there so fast and it would be a long time before you heard from us again without an apology.

You don't get to pick whether other people's kids 'do' Santa. What's next? Secretly baptizing children whose parents haven't done it on their own?

Back. The. Hell. Off.[/quote]

PP is not suggesting that the other family 'does' Santa, just that they play along for a bit for one day, while everyone who doesn't want to believe in Santa is still fully aware Santa isn't real. If the idea of playing along for Santa for a day for some little kids is so painful you can't stomach it than you're just as much of a drama queen as some crazy relative and goes Santa crazy all over their anti Santa sibling's house.

If you were planning a surprise birthday party would you feel morally put out because someone asked you to keep the secret? [/quote]

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