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Anonymous wrote:Treat it like different religions. “We don’t believe in Santa but other people do and that’s fine. One of the beautiful things about this country is we are allowed to have different beliefs.”

This is correct.

I agree. So also tell kids that believe in Santa: “we believe in Santa but other people don’t and that’s fine...”

It’s that simple. I tell my kids that I believe in Santa. Oldest is 12 and youngest is 4. We believe. If 12yo decides she doesn’t anymore that’s fine. People not believing doesn’t stop Santa from coming in our house.

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Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s the anti-Santa folks perpetrating vitriol. You’re all SO superior ?

Your poor kids.

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.

It’s not a cultural tradition for everyone. Not everyone celebrates Christmas.

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.

Well, i’m not Christian and I don’t celebrate Christmas in anyway shape or form. So Santa is counter to my morals and my beliefs. I don’t engage in the whole Santa spiel because it’s not part of my belief system. I have every right to do that as you have every right to celebrate and believe. You do not have a right to tell me or anyone else not to pretend to not engage because it’s not my tradition. If you said that then I would tell you not to pretend not engage in the celebration of my new year, which is different from yours. I would also bark at you not to pretend not to engage celebration of any of my peoples truimphs.

Believe what you want how you want. However, do not tell others that because some believe in it they have to keep their mouth shut. If that were the case then I would fully expect you to do the same for me and my traditions, which is simply not done in this country at all. However again, I don’t sit around complaining about it I just go about my day and my business with my family celebrating my holiday in my way. That is what you should be doing.