QOTW: Santa Claus is Coming to Town....

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QOTW: Santa Claus is Coming to Town....
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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 8:22am

Our QUESTION OF THE WEEK is regarding the belief of Santa CLaus.


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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 8:48am

Since I come from a Jewish family, Santa isn't a huge big deal to me and I didn't really make a big deal of it with my kids, but they are surrounded by other people who are big on Santa, you can't really get away from it.

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 8:58am

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 9:02am

I'm SURE both of my boys don't think Santa comes to our house!

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 9:07am
We do Santa in our house. Like Mindy said he is all over! Alexis didn't tell me she didn't believe until 4th grade but then told me she knew in 2nd grade. Caleb who is in third right now is really playing with the whole issue. He doesn't want to give up the fun of Santa, but he knows. DH and I had decided a while ago that all things would stay the same. Jammies on Christmas Eve are from mom and dad, everything else is from Santa. Santa will always have his own paper, gifts will never be under the tree until the kids are in bed on Christmas eve, and we will continue our tradition of reading T'was and the Nativity story before bed. We will keep leaving cookies and milk and carrots for the reindeer. They may not have so much fun when they are 14 and 17, but I hope they do.

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 9:09am

I finally told her last year (fifth grade) that Santa wouldn't be coming anymore. I told her Santa only came for little children and that mom and dad took over when the kids got older and no longer wanted toys.


Just recently, we discussed the fact that there never was a Santa.

 

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 9:12am
Everyone believes in Santa at my house.
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Registered: 06-14-2003
Mon, 12-03-2007 - 9:21am

Why did you decide to tell your daughter in fifth grade that there is no Santa Claus?

Julie,mom to Jasmine, born Oct. 12th, 1996
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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 10:04am

I dont think she believes in the whole santa thing .........and hasn't for years but. In my house we all grew up with if you stop believing he stops comming. So we all still "belive" in Santa. Because he still comes. We talk to him every year and set out cookies and all just like we did when we were little. So the theory still lives and we believe in the "magic of christmas that goes along with it" So its no santa is the spirit that it brings.

Quick question to add......... (not to steal the tread)
Do you think it hurts or harms children once they find out the difference?

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 12:19pm

For my kids, it didn't hurt them.

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Mon, 12-03-2007 - 1:09pm
Hannah doesn't believe, but I'm not sure about Nathan.

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