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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.
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