This may come as a huge shock and surprise, but we don't celebrate Santa Claus. Growing up, my parents always told us the truth and we knew Santa was fake. With ML's family, they completely celebrated Santa. ML remembers when a cousin told him at age 8 that there was no Santa and he was completely crushed and devastated.
As we started dating and were engaged, I was quite clear that my children would not believe in Santa. And thankfully, ML agreed. We didn't want our kids to grow up with the "lie" of Santa. We heard of a little girl who one day asked her mom "Mommy are you going to tell me that Jesus isn't real just like Santa?" That just really hit home for us and we are happy with our decision to not celebrate Santa with our girls.
Now this belief has really shocked people over the years. We are absolutely fine if others do it with their children. And usually when someone asks my girls "what do you want from Santa this year?", they just smile (they are too shy anyway to talk to others, which kinda helps). It has made us do some extra talking to the girls when they hit school to not ruin it for other kids, but for the most part it has gone smoothly. We thankfully have several friends who believe the same, which has made it so much easier with their support.
What is your family tradition? Santa or no Santa?
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Traditionally we celebrate the birth of Santa Clause. Just kidding, oh that was BAD, BAD CHRISTY.
We actually told our kids too. I am not a big Santa supporter, however Maggie refuses not to believe so WHATEVER.
It is good to see you are posting again.
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