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Tell me about your Non Santa believing Christmas., I want to hear from 'we don't do Santa' families please

BetteBoop View Member Profile	17/12/2012, 03:55 PM Post #21
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We just don't lie about Santa being real. We still do everything else the same way, including leaving things out for the reindeers. Today we found a Santa Claus flower and we had loads of fun talking about how to send it on its way to the North Pole. DD added a kiss that would explode all over the elves when it arrived. The magic of playing pretend shouldn't be underestimated.

asdf89 View Member Profile	17/12/2012, 03:57 PM Post #22
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Once I (as the youngest) asked Mum if Santa was real and the jig was up, we did a Christmas scavenger hunt type thing. Mum would hide a present for us, and we had to follow a series of clues (which led us all over the house, yard, paddock) to find them. It kept us busy for quite a while on Xmas morning and got us siblings to work to together to figure out some clues (we even used the World Books for some - pre-internet!) Once we all moved out, this stopped and we just get presents under the tree.

JBaby View Member Profile	23/12/2012, 04:46 PM Post #23
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QUOTE (BetteBoop @ 17/12/2012, 02:55 PM) We just don't lie about Santa being real. We still do everything else the same way, including leaving things out for the reindeers. The magic of playing pretend shouldn't be underestimated. DD is only 20m but this is our plan. We still will have all the Santa things, photos, letters, leaving food out for the reindeer etc. But when she is old enough to learn that some things are real and some things are pretend (like most people do with dragons/fairies etc) she will learn Santa is pretend too and a fun game to play that makes people happy. I've never understood why Santa has to be "real" to be fun. This post has been edited by JBaby: 23/12/2012, 04:47 PM

ubermum View Member Profile	23/12/2012, 04:55 PM Post #24
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Many people in our church don't do Santa. They still do everything the same, just the gifts are from each other rather than Santa. They also tell the kids that we exchange gifts to celebrate the awesome gift that God gave the world at Christmas- Jesus Christ. We do Santa, but only half heartedly. We prefer to focus on the meaning of Christmas rather than the fat man.

SoxyMama View Member Profile	23/12/2012, 05:16 PM Post #25
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Our not doing Santa probably mostly came out of the fact that both my girls were extremely scared of any dressed up figures from a very early age. So I had to explain from an early age to calm them down that it was just someone dressed up. I didn't want them to live a life of fear. FWIW they DO believe in fairies - almost to the point of obsession. I let them have that fantasy. Oh and despite not doing 'Santa' they still have always loved Christmas, as do we. This post has been edited by Katakacpk: 23/12/2012, 05:17 PM

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