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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a big fan of the Santa story. It puts a lot of pressure on lower SES families to overspend in order to get their kids the things on the Santa list. It is very biased towards higher SES. The whole watching you 24/7 to know if you are bad or good and then giving presents based on this assessment doesn't sit well with me. Makes poorer kids and marginalized kids look 'bad' compared to their richer more privileged 'good' peers.

I don't care if families do it, we don't. My kids know there is no such thing and they know that some families tell their kids there is a Santa or an Easter Bunny or a tooth fairy etc. They know better than to go up to someone and say there is no Santa but they might be overheard in conversation or asked directly and they wouldn't lie. For example, when one of my mine was about 4, he recognized the Santa as his friend's dad and excitedly commented on how that was his friend's dad in the Santa costume. A lady with a kid sitting near us got really angry at him. I completely supported him in that. She can tell her kids whatever she wants but he was just being an excited innocent 4 year old and didn't do anything wrong. [/quote]

You are my people!![/quote]

You do realize a 4 year old talking about someone he recognizes in a costume is completely different than a bratty 10 year old going up to kids and sharing out of the blue , “You know Santa isn’t real, it’s just your parents?”[/quote]

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