I just hate it! I go out and parents are begging their kids to behave themselves. Then, comes the blackmail. When all else fails, kids are reminded that Santa is watching.
I say for once, parents should treat their kids to a lump of coal on Christmas morning. Isn't that how the story goes, anyway? Santa knows if you've been bad or good... So, if they are bad all year long they should get exactly what they deserve.
My husband said that would traumatize a child. Do you think that would be over the line? I've never heard of anyone doing it
before.
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