Black Santa

[amIblue?]

We don't do gifts for adults in my family, but I think part of the magic of childhood at Christmas is Santa. You don't have many years for that sense of wonder. I'm going to enjoy the fun with my daughter until I can't anymore.

[DrPhil]

LOL. My parents stopped doing the Santa thing early on and I am forever grateful. We caught them taking gifts out of the closet and instead of trying to find a lie they just started giving us money to buy school clothes and games. I'm glad we learned early on to appreciate the money of our parents. We also learned that unless we told our parents we lost a tooth, there was no Tooth Fairy. LOL.

I respect cultures in USA and around the world that celebrate traditions. I just want people to see beyond that and appreciate the humans involved. That includes children who after a certain age are keen enough to grasp that they are blessed to have family or a community that can afford to give them ANY kind of gift no matter how seemingly small.

[TonyB06]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

We don't do gifts for adults in my family, but I think part of the magic of childhood at Christmas is Santa. You don't have many years for that sense of wonder. I'm going to enjoy the fun with my daughter until I can't anymore.

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Nothing wrong with honoring a tradition that adds to the magic of Christmas for kids. Children become adults who can never return to childhood. There is nothing wrong with letting them retain their innocence as long as possible. Nor does it necessarily suggest an inaibility to recognize what hard-working parents do for you later on. I am an example and know of too many others to buy that.

I still remember Christmas Eve nights, watching the local television news weatherman point out Santa's sleigh, on his radar map. Darn near broke my collarbone trying to dive into bed because Santa was about to do his thing.

I'm a grown man yet still cheriish those days....

As a dad, I let my girls believe in Santa as long as it was feasible for them. When it no longer was, they accepted it and moved on, secure that Christmas was, and is, first about the Savior's birth, family and goodwill toward others.

[DrPhil]

We were talking about the people who perpetuate the Santa thing beyond (what some people consider) reason and it is only a matter of personal preference. But if evidence is needed, there are people who believe there's nothing wrong with young kids knowing family and friends gave them gifts---even if that means claiming the gifts were given to Santa to be delivered. The kids (if they aren't spoiled brats) thank humans for the gifts and thank Santa for the delivery. If Santa must exist.