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raeanna74 · 02-22-2005, 07:00 AM

Well the way both of hubby's and my families celebrate Christmas gift giving there is a lot of preparation in the gifts. The gifts are collected under the tree as we shop and wrap them. I often start my shopping during our big summer main street sale when all the stores sell all the old Christmas stuff and other things at a big discount. I start my wrapping fairly early.

Hubby and I both grew up NOT believing that Santa was real. We weren't really sure how to encourage the myth as truth even. Without thinking I began wrapping all the gifts and putting them all under the tree. Then it occurred to me - what presents are going to be from Santa if they're all already under the tree? I got a few more small ones to be from "Santa" that year but this past Christmas it seemed like it was more work than fun to perpetuate the myth for her. Besides that my mother was very antagonistic about the whole thing and told me that if our daughter talked about Santa she wasn't going to lie to my daughter about it. I just sortof gave up on the idea. I tell her that Santa is fun to pretend about and the cartoons about him are fun. She goes to the store and wants to tell Santa what she wants for Christmas, wants to see the Santa dolls, wants to wear a Santa hat, and really enjoys the game. She does know that he is not real but she knows that he's a fun part of Christmas.

We sortof ended up telling her that he wasn't real and it seems easy that way but for my Nephew who is 8 we still perpetuate the "myth" for his sake since his Mom doesn't want to tell him yet. I even told my daughter not to tell him that Santa was for pretend because he didn't know yet and she went along with the "game". I guess for me it doesn't matter if you tell them Santa is real or not. It seems to me like my daughter enjoys "pretending" it almost more than when I told her Santa was real. (She's only 4 btw) I did find it easier to get her to be a good girl when I was telling her that Santa was real. Eh It doesn't matter to me what you tell your kid. Ours - she knows he's not real and she and we are cool with that.

02-22-2005, 07:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Well the way both of hubby's and my families celebrate Christmas gift giving there is a lot of preparation in the gifts. The gifts are collected under the tree as we shop and wrap them. I often start my shopping during our big summer main street sale when all the stores sell all the old Christmas stuff and other things at a big discount. I start my wrapping fairly early. Hubby and I both grew up NOT believing that Santa was real. We weren't really sure how to encourage the myth as truth even. Without thinking I began wrapping all the gifts and putting them all under the tree. Then it occurred to me - what presents are going to be from Santa if they're all already under the tree? I got a few more small ones to be from "Santa" that year but this past Christmas it seemed like it was more work than fun to perpetuate the myth for her. Besides that my mother was very antagonistic about the whole thing and told me that if our daughter talked about Santa she wasn't going to lie to my daughter about it. I just sortof gave up on the idea. I tell her that Santa is fun to pretend about and the cartoons about him are fun. She goes to the store and wants to tell Santa what she wants for Christmas, wants to see the Santa dolls, wants to wear a Santa hat, and really enjoys the game. She does know that he is not real but she knows that he's a fun part of Christmas. We sortof ended up telling her that he wasn't real and it seems easy that way but for my Nephew who is 8 we still perpetuate the "myth" for his sake since his Mom doesn't want to tell him yet. I even told my daughter not to tell him that Santa was for pretend because he didn't know yet and she went along with the "game". I guess for me it doesn't matter if you tell them Santa is real or not. It seems to me like my daughter enjoys "pretending" it almost more than when I told her Santa was real. (She's only 4 btw) I did find it easier to get her to be a good girl when I was telling her that Santa was real. Eh It doesn't matter to me what you tell your kid. Ours - she knows he's not real and she and we are cool with that. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma. Last edited by raeanna74; 02-22-2005 at 07:03 AM..