Santa ???

• 11-29-2008 12:04 AM

  DJCarlaC Joined on 07-11-2004 Posts 3,629

  Santa ??? Reply Contact We don't 'do' Santa.  We usually don't say anything one way or the other to the kids.  We haven't written letters or visited, etc.  It's always been pretty much a non-issue, they don't usually mention it until their much older.  (I don't want to outright tell them there is no Santa, because I never wanted them to ruin it for other kids) We've never discussed Santa with Grace, it has never come up.  The other day she asked, "Is Santa real?"  I was pretty surprised, so I said,  "Hmmm, I don't know."  I figured that would be the end of it. A day or so later, she said, "Mom, Santa isn't real." Even though we don't play the Santa thing, it was still a really sad moment.  Our babies are growing up so fast.  :-( btw, before Grace was born and all of my kids were past the Santa believing age... we did Santa up HUGE!!  It was alot of fun-- all the gifts were from Santa, we made cookies, tracked Santa online and even found Reindeer prints in the morning where we left the carrots outside!!!

• 11-29-2008 6:02 AM

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  ellieNsimone Joined on 07-11-2005 Michigan Posts 7,075	Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact We had that last year with Simone. She felt the time Santa would need to travel the earth was unrealistic. She still thinks its a bunch of hooey!

• 11-29-2008 11:33 AM

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  shipp74 Joined on 06-27-2004 NW Washington Posts 6,742	Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact ellieNsimone: We had that last year with Simone. She felt the time Santa would need to travel the earth was unrealistic. She still thinks its a bunch of hooey! That is amazing that a 2 year old was able to put that together.  I didn't think they had any real sense of time at that age.  Hmmm

• 11-29-2008 11:36 AM

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  MommytoCodyandMaddie Joined on 10-08-2001 Posts 4,158

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact That is sad I LOVE PLAYING SANTA! Cody being almost 7 has asked a few times how Santa does it all and I just tell him it must be magic and he knows I still believe so I think it will still be a while before he realizes. A few kids at school have told him there is not a Santa. Cody told me last year he heard bells and steps on the roof. We go all out and do  food for reindeer and sprinkle it in the front yeard, we bake cookies for Santa and read the night before christmas a 100 times. It will be a sad day when they stop believing. I'm shocked Grace and Simone have figured it out so soon, but then again when you make a huge deal like we still do and you used to do Carla I think it keeps them wanting to believe in him. I love this time of year!

• 11-29-2008 1:26 PM

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  ellieNsimone Joined on 07-11-2005 Michigan Posts 7,075

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact Simone's perception is amazing. She's very inquisitive. I had posted on it last year. She was also not "for it" last year because it made no sense that the Santa's didn't look alike AND that they had toys from the store. Sometimes it drives me nuts. Her latest quest was about babies and how they couldn't come out of your belly button and if I didn't have a cut where did the baby come from? She figured it out.

• 11-29-2008 9:53 PM

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  momtoalexandali Joined on 08-29-2007 Tonawanda, NY Posts 216

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact We do Santa- I think it is fin for kids. They have to grow up so fast sometimes that I feel this is something you can be a "kid" about for awhile. My almost 8 year old still believes, although he realizes that Santa cannot be everywhere. He thinks he just has helpers. We also say that he is magic and thats how he makes it work. I do worry about him finding out (he's a very sensitive kid) but we are not there yet. I don't think he will spoil it for Alison- he's a pretty compassionate boy and would never do something like that on purpose. The problem we are running into this year is that we had a discussion about not spending so much money this year and doing nice things for others, etc. His response was "well, I'll just ask Santa then". Hmmm.

• 11-29-2008 10:46 PM

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  Bostics3Sons+1 Joined on 07-20-2004 St. Louis Posts 8,060

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact DJCarlaC: We don't 'do' Santa.  We usually don't say anything one way or the other to the kids.  We haven't written letters or visited, etc.  It's always been pretty much a non-issue, they don't usually mention it until their much older.  (I don't want to outright tell them there is no Santa, because I never wanted them to ruin it for other kids) We've never discussed Santa with Grace, it has never come up.  The other day she asked, "Is Santa real?"  I was pretty surprised, so I said,  "Hmmm, I don't know."  I figured that would be the end of it. A day or so later, she said, "Mom, Santa isn't real." Even though we don't play the Santa thing, it was still a really sad moment.  Our babies are growing up so fast.  :-( btw, before Grace was born and all of my kids were past the Santa believing age... we did Santa up HUGE!!  It was alot of fun-- all the gifts were from Santa, we made cookies, tracked Santa online and even found Reindeer prints in the morning where we left the carrots outside!!!   LOL  William is 3, he'll be 4 in January.  He told me Santa is me and his dad.  I'm thinking that came from his brother, not sure, but I don't mind him knowing.

• 11-29-2008 11:49 PM

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  DJCarlaC Joined on 07-11-2004 Posts 3,629

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact MommytoCodyandMaddie: That is sad I LOVE PLAYING SANTA! ...I'm shocked Grace and Simone have figured it out so soon, but then again when you make a huge deal like we still do and you used to do Carla I think it keeps them wanting to believe in him. I love this time of year! Just to clarify... I didn't make a big deal about Santa until my kids were way past wondering if Santa was real or not-- there was no doubt that they knew he wasn't.  Then we did the Santa thing.  Weird, I know.  We never did Santa with them.  But, I never told them Santa wasn't real, it just never came up.

• 11-30-2008 5:52 PM

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  Jen n Kaitlyn Joined on 05-14-2004 FL Posts 3,700	Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact We do Santa, but we also tell her the true meaning of Christmas. I don't think she understands that Santa goes all over the world just yet.

• 11-30-2008 9:31 PM

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  racingbabe911 Joined on 05-29-2004 Ontario, Canada Posts 8,200

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact I think Santa is magical.   I remember believing in Santa and how much fun it was.  What fun is watching all the Christmas specials if you can't believe that Santa is real.  Nobody I know was scarred for life after finding out Santa wasn't real, and nobody I know hates their parents for letting them believe Santa was real.  So for now, I'm going to let my boys believe.  They will find out far too soon what the "real world" is about, so right now I want their world to be filled with fun, imagination, magic......and fun.

• 12-01-2008 6:44 AM

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  Liz and Cooperbear Joined on 05-02-2004 Tennessee Posts 2,717

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact  Cooper has also asked me about Santa, so I can understand.  We do Santa, but we don't make a big deal about him. I have a hard time trying to decide what the best thing to do for Cooper is on this one.  I know some of you won't understand that at all, but Warren and I have struggled over it.  We want Cooper to know and believe that Jesus is real.  We have a problem telling him Santa is real and then saying "Oh, your right, He's not".  Then, when we talk about Jesus (you can't see him, either), we want him to believe us.  That is our dilemma.  We "do" Santa because we want him to be a kid, but we don't play it up.  His big gifts will come from us, not Santa, but we love seeing him excited on Christmas morning.  Warren said that the first time Cooper asks us if Santa is real or not, we will tell him the truth, and I guess I'm satisfied with that.  I believe in Jesus and had no problem doing so after I learned that Santa wasn't real, but I see Warren's point on this...so it is a struggle for both of us.  Love, Liz

• 12-01-2008 7:57 AM

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  DJCarlaC Joined on 07-11-2004 Posts 3,629

  Re: Santa ??? Reply Contact I'm pretty much right there... along these lines, Liz.  This is mostly why I decided not to 'do' Santa. I do hope though that everyone knows that I respect their decision and was not suggesting that my way was the only right way, etc.  My kids do get tons of presents--- they get as excited about Christmas as those children that we know who do believe in Santa--- and they still get to be kids.     :-) (they also know Mickey Mouse isn't real... but still get super psyched about Disney World)  :-D