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Originally Posted by willravel
Saint Nicholas was a catholic bishop (thus he couldn't get married). Mrs. Clause was an advertising campaign dating back to before the 50's that was intended to bring housewives in on christmas.
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I had thought about this part but at my daughter's age she would not comprehend this. Especially since we are not catholic so she does not have much experience with priests.
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Originally Posted by THGL
Buzzkill. 
raeanna, how old is your daughter? I've got two at home (both under 3) and I'm curious as to when all the questions out of left field will start. |
She's 5 yrs old. Our situation is somewhat unique though and I think she might have started to ask these questions earlier if our situation had been the norm.
My mother adamantly opposes promoting Santa Clause even in the tiniest way. She removed any books that referred to Santa Clause from her home while we were growing up. When I told her that we were going to tell our daughter about Santa my mother responded with "Well I'm not going to help you lie. If she (our daughter) mentions Santa to me at all I'm going to tell her the truth."
So rather than create a scene between my parents and myself I told our daughter that Santa was not real but that it was fun to pretend. She has since 'convinced' herself that he is real. When we went to see the Santa yesterday the man playing the part had a REAL white beard and when we left she said to me "SEE, I TOLD YOU he was real. Even his BEARD was real."
Later she asked me where his reindeer and sleigh were. She asked why he'd come to our town, and why he couldn't stay until Christmas. She asked if his wife could bring HER presents and not Santa. She really liked Mrs. Santa the most.