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

Your poor kids.[/quote]

I agree. The superiority complex from the anti-Santa parents is unreal. I get not doing Santa if you don’t celebrate Christmas or simply don’t prefer to partake in the tradition. But OP is commenting how Santa conflicts with “her values” ... give me a break.

I’ve heard of parents not doing Santa because they don’t want their kids to find out they’ve lied to them. But if you are worried your child will become distraught over learning the truth about Santa and being “lied to” then maybe you need to worry more about teaching them some resiliency.

Don’t do Santa if you don’t feel like it. But stop acting like you’re more enlightened for opting out of what is simply a fun, cultural tradition. [/quote]

It’s not a cultural tradition for everyone.  Not everyone celebrates Christmas. [/quote]

But it’s a fun cultural tradition for some people. I clearly said don’t do it if you don’t want to. But stop acting like you’re more enlightened for not doing it. There are plenty of traditions from other cultures I don’t partake in because they’re not *my* cultural tradition. But I don’t pretend not to engage in them because it is counter to my morals.[/quote]

But is there another "fun cultural tradition" that has gotten so out of hand and drives such over the top commercialism and consumption?

I was in the store the other day shopping for some bows and realized the amount of waste that is produced from just our "tradition" of wrapping presents, and felt pretty disgusted.  I'm not sure what happened, but it's like a switch was tripped, and in a way, it doesn't even feel fun anymore. [/quote]

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