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Across the Fence:  What do you tell your children about Santa?  |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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 Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 04:51:50 AM
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I see young moms and dads approaching this in a new and different way than we did. I am 61 and so you can get an idea about how Santa was presented to me and just wondered how the tradition is changing in your home and family?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 05:54:21 AM
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There is nothing that makes me madder than being in a store like Target or Walmart and a child is crying while Mom or Dad threatens, "If you don't straighten up, Santa is NOT going to come to see you this year!!" Makes my blood boil.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 06:43:38 AM
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Well, Jeannie, Violet is still too young to grasp the concept of "Ho Ho", as she calls him, but when I was little, my mom LOVED the whole mystery of Santa--but, because we grew up in church, there was never a diminished sense of the real reason the holiday was celebrated. Santa was a huge bonus! Baby Jesus brought eternal life, Santa brought toys to good little boys and girls--it was a win/win :)
What I don't get is this Elf on the Shelf thing--it's got my niece and nephew petrified the whole month of December. He's a creepy little devil!
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 06:58:18 AM
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We keep the belief in Santa alive until they figure it out for themselves (our 7 year old is getting suspicious about his true existence). It's good fun.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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gracylfreebush
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Gracy
Alvin
TX
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 08:24:46 AM
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My girls are in college now but they still get a Christmas stocking. Of course they all know there is no Santa but if they admit they know that the stockings go away. LOL. I just let them figure it out on their own just like we did when we were kids.
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 09:04:15 AM
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My kids are all 18 and older. I have told them since they were little, when you say you don't believe in Santa, you just get socks. This kept the older one's from ruining the surprises for the younger ones. It still applies today, no saying you don't believe, or your stocking won't have anything in it on Christmas morning.
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 09:57:53 AM
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I have a 11, 14, 16 year olds and we still have santa in the house at Christmas. There is always a santa present and a stocking for everyone. None of them believe in santa but they love the surprise and I love the surprise.
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 11:20:19 AM
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My kids are 18,24 and 34. I always told them "if you don't believe, you don't recieve". So as far as I know, they still belleive in Santa!
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting them in a fruit salad!
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 4:03:56 PM
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Always a Santa in our house. We see him every year about mid night fly through the night skies with his sled and sack full of toys. And off we run to bed and shut our eyes tight and wake up to a tree full of surprises!! Oh what fun it is!! And to our surprise the cookies we left on the plate for him and the carrot for rudoulph is all gone. And off to the next house he goes to visit all the good little boys and girls (And Grown Ups) with his sack full of toys!!!!
Seize The Day!
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2010 : 6:39:03 PM
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My dad was a principal at my kids school-Every Christmas he did the Santa "schtick" during their Holiday Assembly and every Christmas Eve "Santa" would park his car about 1/2 mile down a country road and start jingling bells until he reached our home. By the time Santa came into the house ho-ho-ho-ing my kids would be in a near frenzy! My daughter Kate now (29) would just tremble. This went on for years until one Christmas Eve-my eldest son recognized "grampa's" voice and said "Grampa?" He thought fast and ho-ho-hoed again stating that the other children were waiting to visit with Santa and he had to get back to the reindeer and the sleigh.
I am so grateful that my dad did this without fail for many years and gave my children a chance to be kids during the season and to believe at least for a little while that there was indeed a Santa that sounded an awful lot like "grampa!"
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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