just because I have Santa decorations in my house doesn't mean we "do Santa". The reason I don't do Santa is because I don't feel comfortable lying to my children...I also don't like the greediness that comes from thinking Santa will bring a child anything they want. My sister-in-law felt like she had to buy (because she didn't want to disappoint her child) a $130 remote control dinosaur because that is what her child requested ( and she told me they could NOT afford it) Yikes!!! No I am not making a judgement on those who do feel it is o.k. to do Santa.....that is not my place ;-) For us Santa is just a fairy tale.....that is pretty much it.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Yeah, we don't do Santa, but we don't boycott him either! haha We have Santa decorations and we taught her how to say "Santa", but we're definitely not doing the whole Santa thing. I've seen what's it's done to my nieces and nephews and I don't want that in my house...
So I totally hear you on the Santa thing!
To each his own. Some people find it to be a very special family tradition type thing, so no judgment to those who "do" Santa.
Hope you have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!!
xoxo
Howdy Amity :)
I started reading your blog about a month ago and love it. Awesome job.
But I just had to comment on one thing - it's not really even to do with the 'yes or no to Santa' argument...
"My sister-in-law had to buy a $130 remote control dinosaur because that is what her child requested ( and she told me they could NOT afford it) Yikes!!!"
Had to buy? No parent 'has' to buy anything at all, even if the child has asked Santa for it. ESPECIALLY if the family can't afford it.
Yes, we do Santa in our house (in my defence, I only discovered this 'faith thing' about 18mo ago and old habits die hard *smile*) and sometimes we even take the kids to see 'Santa' at the store. But it is made abundantly clear to them that Santa won't be bringing everything on their list (in actual fact this year he's only doing stockings), and neither will Mum and Dad. They get that because they've been raised to accept it. Some years we've had not much at all, so we're not extravagant by any means :)
So I kind of see the dinosaur thing as less a Santa issue and more a parenting one. Is it okay to say that (don't hate me! LOL)
Cheers,
Lizzie
www.lizzieshome.com
@Lizzie ~ Of course I don't hate you :-) Thank you for pointing that out....I re-worded it. Like I said I don't cast ANY judgement on those who "do Santa" and I am not saying that ALL children who belive in Santa are greedy.
(and you are right about it being a "parenting" issue ;-)
Hey my kids still like getting pictures with Santa...it is like a fun fairy tale character for them...ya know like tinker bell, cinderella etc. No harm in that :-)
We did Santa with our girls when they were younger, they are now 15 and 17. Santa always brought new underwear and socks, one colouring book and some crayons. If we bought other gifts they were from my husband and I. Clare
We don't do Santa either, well, the kids think he's just a nice story. I had a problem with telling them a lie as well. I mean if they found out I was lying about Santa, somebody they never see, would they then think I was lying about Jesus...somebody they also never see? I've had well-meaning people tell me I was doing it all wrong, but my husband and I agreed to tell them the true meaning of Christmas and that's all they've ever believed.
We don't do Santa either but I don't have Santa decorations around my house because I don't want to send the wrong message to my kids. We either are going to do it or not.
In my opinion it's hard to totally do away with Santa because it's everywhere. As an example my dad knows we don't do the santa thing but he still insists on giving my kids presents and saying they are from Santa....I'm not going to spoil the fun he has with it and or make an issue out of it when he's only loving his grandkids & giving from his heart.
We don't do Santa either. We have a Santa candle a dear friend gave us. Wrong message to our kids???
Not really, they know Santa is not real and that our friend understands that we don't believe in a magical Santa. There is freedom in Christ!!!!
My parents understand that we don't do Santa, and, gives our children gifts from them. They would prefer we did "Santa", but, would never undermind parental authority.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Blessings, Dee
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