Believing in Santa Clause
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The belief in Santa is fun for younger kids. They love the idea of the magical person that brings them gifts for being good children. I have a 5 year old and she loves it so much, which makes me love it. Most kids want to believe and that is just fine.
No one besides the parent should be telling them the truth, not a guidance counselor or any other adult. Being a child is a special thing and they should be able to live in their imaginations as long as they want. Why make them grow up before they need to?
No one besides the parent should be telling them the truth, not a guidance counselor or any other adult. Being a child is a special thing and they should be able to live in their imaginations as long as they want. Why make them grow up before they need to?
Everything is fine the way it has been, and nothing will ever change. If the child freaks out about Santa's nonexistence, just think about how it's going to handle the Jesus issue.
It wasn't so long ago I took the Coca-Cola ad-pitcher to heart, but it wasn't a big deal when I reasoned to myself it was all very improbable.
It wasn't so long ago I took the Coca-Cola ad-pitcher to heart, but it wasn't a big deal when I reasoned to myself it was all very improbable.
It's good for a child to live in a mysterious and fantasy world, where you don't know how the real things of the live are. Theses fantasies make children happy, they live in a more exciting world, and if you don't have them whe you are a kid, maybe you will never have them.
Personally I belived in "Papa Noel"(How is called in Argentina) until I was 6-7 seven years old. And christmas were more exciting and enjoyable when Papa Noel was existing.
Personally I belived in "Papa Noel"(How is called in Argentina) until I was 6-7 seven years old. And christmas were more exciting and enjoyable when Papa Noel was existing.
Weh. I say, leave it up to the kid to find out for themselves. When I was a kid my parents told me flat out that it was downright stupid to believe in Santa and it made me a little sad to be hit so suddenly with the realization that there's really no magic in the world. (Of course, I was poor as hell--never really got many presents, anyway, and they sure as heck weren't marked 'from Santa' :P.)
Who cares if a child wants to believe in something? It doesn't hurt anyone. Just so long as you remind the child that they need to be good no matter what, presents or none, the kid can't be hurt mentally by thinking there's more to the world than there is. They'll find out/figure out the truth for themselves, in time, whether by themselves, or through bratty peers. As a parent, tearing down a kid's beliefs will only make the child resent you.
Instead of worrying over the special little imaginative ideas floating around in your child's head, perhaps you should support their imagination? Tell them to make up their own story about how Santa Claus can do what he does. Let them draw a more interesting version of the sleigh. Make up a funny story about why we hang socks over the fireplace. All it does is build happy memories that your kid can enjoy later in life.
Who cares if a child wants to believe in something? It doesn't hurt anyone. Just so long as you remind the child that they need to be good no matter what, presents or none, the kid can't be hurt mentally by thinking there's more to the world than there is. They'll find out/figure out the truth for themselves, in time, whether by themselves, or through bratty peers. As a parent, tearing down a kid's beliefs will only make the child resent you.
Instead of worrying over the special little imaginative ideas floating around in your child's head, perhaps you should support their imagination? Tell them to make up their own story about how Santa Claus can do what he does. Let them draw a more interesting version of the sleigh. Make up a funny story about why we hang socks over the fireplace. All it does is build happy memories that your kid can enjoy later in life.
Actually Santa comes not from legend, but a real person. It was back in the day (something like 1700-1800) and there was a man who went around leaving toys on peoples door steps for children (saw it on the History Channel). hence santa is based off a real person, but this person only went to houses with children and only one town.
rexxzecutioner
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Having an imagination is independent of believing myth to be fact. I have never believed in it, and I've never bought into any religion but this never deterred my creative thinking as a child.
rexxzecutioner
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Why give them that false hope in the first place, but instead they should get joy that you as loving parents gave it to them.
All you can do as a parent is:
a.) Try to make your kid(s) turn out right
b.) Keep them as healthy as you can
c.) Try to keep them from despising you as a teen/adult
The Santa Claus schtick isn't about instilling "mythology". It's about bonding. It's more fun to think of a wild tale of reindeer and the North Pole than the fact that mommy/daddy probably just dropped $20 at Wal-Mart.
Kids will fall out of the "belief" naturally, on their own, so why speed it up? Like I said before, squelching their fantasies will only lead to resentment. Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy ... These are all just happy little nothings that hurt no one and are naturally phased out with age. Joining in your child's imagination can be a form of bonding!
Okay, think of it this way.
When you're 18 and looking back on your childhood, what will seem like a better memory?
- Remembering your mom tell you that the idea of Santa is ridiculous?
- Remembering your mom telling you happy stories about magical things around the Christmas tree?
Well ... I know which memory I would have preferred.
a.) Try to make your kid(s) turn out right
b.) Keep them as healthy as you can
c.) Try to keep them from despising you as a teen/adult
The Santa Claus schtick isn't about instilling "mythology". It's about bonding. It's more fun to think of a wild tale of reindeer and the North Pole than the fact that mommy/daddy probably just dropped $20 at Wal-Mart.
Kids will fall out of the "belief" naturally, on their own, so why speed it up? Like I said before, squelching their fantasies will only lead to resentment. Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy ... These are all just happy little nothings that hurt no one and are naturally phased out with age. Joining in your child's imagination can be a form of bonding!
Okay, think of it this way.
When you're 18 and looking back on your childhood, what will seem like a better memory?
- Remembering your mom tell you that the idea of Santa is ridiculous?
- Remembering your mom telling you happy stories about magical things around the Christmas tree?
Well ... I know which memory I would have preferred.
GhastlyMasquerade
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I agree with that
I think it's slightly wrong.
I don't know why the parents do it though.
Why tell your son/daughter Santa is real, and then give them heaps of presents from Santa?
Then Santa get's your credit and if your going to buy your offspring a present, you want them to love YOU for it more, not an imaginary bearded man.
I just don't understand.
I don't know why the parents do it though.
Why tell your son/daughter Santa is real, and then give them heaps of presents from Santa?
Then Santa get's your credit and if your going to buy your offspring a present, you want them to love YOU for it more, not an imaginary bearded man.
I just don't understand.
Linkforce~
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What are you all saying? O_o
Santa Claus does exist.
....What? I'm serious! Here I'll prove it:
Statistically, gifts marked "From Santa" really are "from Santa" because "Santa Claus" is the one that put it there.
Get what I'm saying? Picture it this way:
You think that he flies around in a freaking sleigh and climbs down chimneys and whatnot, while in reality, all he does is uses the IDEA of himself to make people put gifts there for him.
Its like a gay magic trick. You make a seem to coin disappear by waving your hand in front of it or something... while actually your doing something else to achieve the same effect.
And just like magic, you fall for it as a kid. Thus making it: magical. As you get older, you start thinking its impossible, and you loose interest in it. Thus, it isn't magical anymore.. it becomes "non-sense".
But regardless of what you classify it as, people fail to see this simple fact:
Anything can exist as long as the idea of it exists.
With that same reasoning:
Santa Clause exists because the idea of him exists.
And to further prove that point, think of it this way:
If no one believed in Santa, the tradition of putting gifts under the tree would not exist.
But because there are those who believe in Santa, people put gifts under the tree, saying its from Santa.
So basically, Santa Claus is the reason why those gifts are there. So its similarly accurate to say that Santa Claus is the real person put those gifts there. (keywords: real person)
So all in all: Santa. Does. Exist.
And now your thinking: Ok, so he does, just not as a real person.
Again wrong. He is a real person. Just not as a single person. If a spirit needs a body to exist, then Santa's body is all of us.
Believe want. But the fact remains that as long as the belief of him stays alive:
He does, and will always exist. And yes, he is a real person :P.
THERE! I HAVE THEORETICALLY PROVEN THAT SANTA CLAUS EXISTS.
(Don't take this to seriously plx. This is my way of killing boredom at 6 am in the morning. God I need a life >.>...)
Santa Claus does exist.
....What? I'm serious! Here I'll prove it:
Statistically, gifts marked "From Santa" really are "from Santa" because "Santa Claus" is the one that put it there.
Get what I'm saying? Picture it this way:
You think that he flies around in a freaking sleigh and climbs down chimneys and whatnot, while in reality, all he does is uses the IDEA of himself to make people put gifts there for him.
Its like a gay magic trick. You make a seem to coin disappear by waving your hand in front of it or something... while actually your doing something else to achieve the same effect.
And just like magic, you fall for it as a kid. Thus making it: magical. As you get older, you start thinking its impossible, and you loose interest in it. Thus, it isn't magical anymore.. it becomes "non-sense".
But regardless of what you classify it as, people fail to see this simple fact:
Anything can exist as long as the idea of it exists.
With that same reasoning:
Santa Clause exists because the idea of him exists.
And to further prove that point, think of it this way:
If no one believed in Santa, the tradition of putting gifts under the tree would not exist.
But because there are those who believe in Santa, people put gifts under the tree, saying its from Santa.
So basically, Santa Claus is the reason why those gifts are there. So its similarly accurate to say that Santa Claus is the real person put those gifts there. (keywords: real person)
So all in all: Santa. Does. Exist.
And now your thinking: Ok, so he does, just not as a real person.
Again wrong. He is a real person. Just not as a single person. If a spirit needs a body to exist, then Santa's body is all of us.
- Which explains how he knows when your sleeping.
- Which explains how he knows when your awake.
- Which explains how he knows if you've been bad or good.
- And which also explains how he gets presents to millions of kids in 1 night.
Believe want. But the fact remains that as long as the belief of him stays alive:
He does, and will always exist. And yes, he is a real person :P.
THERE! I HAVE THEORETICALLY PROVEN THAT SANTA CLAUS EXISTS.
(Don't take this to seriously plx. This is my way of killing boredom at 6 am in the morning. God I need a life >.>...)