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Kid in class told difficult child santa isn't real!
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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 102385" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Marg - </p><p></p><p>The tooth fairy is just AWFUL - she's the first person in our lives that tells us it's okay to sell our bodies for money. </p><p></p><p>I still think my explanation to difficult child regarding Santa said it very well. </p><p></p><p>When confronted at around 8 or 9 in school about the validity of a jolly old man, living at the North Pole, who delivered presents to the entire world, in a sleigh pulled by magical reindeer who knew if he was naughty or nice on the present meter? The boys in school told my son also Santa Claus is NOT real. </p><p></p><p>So I got the "MOM tell me - is he real?" and I have no idea where what I said next came from but it was good enough to remember and pass on. </p><p></p><p>I looked at my wide eyed little boy and I said "Do you mean is he a person you can touch and talk to?" and he said "Yeah." and I said "Not like you think." Because at this point I am somewhere between wanting my child to have something to believe in but not wanting to tell him something that I felt would be a 1/2 truth. I've never lied to my son. </p><p></p><p>"So what is he like?" and I said "Santa is the Spirit of Christmas. Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas and Santa is the spirit of giving." Then I told him about the 3 wise men who took presents to the baby Jesus. And I said since the 3 wise men couldn't live forever man was given the Spirit of Giving and the name of that Spirit is Santa Claus. We can't touch him, we can't talk to him, we don't really know if he's there - but we can see him in every day things we do not just at Christmas but all year long." </p><p></p><p>If you wanted to you could look up the original St. Nicholas and show him that when that person couldn't live forever he passed the spirit of giving on to other "santas". They are in the mall, at the stores, ringing bells - they are the essence of kindness. </p><p></p><p>At 8 I didn't want to get more technical than that - but he looked at me and "got it". When you talk to your children about God and they want to know if GOD is real? They are really asking - can we touch, see, feel? It's difficult to say "Well of course I believe HE exists but Santa is a fraud. It is more readily understood telling children that he's the spirit of Love - because he is. </p><p></p><p>And that is your little bible lesson for today. lol. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 102385, member: 4964"] Marg - The tooth fairy is just AWFUL - she's the first person in our lives that tells us it's okay to sell our bodies for money. I still think my explanation to difficult child regarding Santa said it very well. When confronted at around 8 or 9 in school about the validity of a jolly old man, living at the North Pole, who delivered presents to the entire world, in a sleigh pulled by magical reindeer who knew if he was naughty or nice on the present meter? The boys in school told my son also Santa Claus is NOT real. So I got the "MOM tell me - is he real?" and I have no idea where what I said next came from but it was good enough to remember and pass on. I looked at my wide eyed little boy and I said "Do you mean is he a person you can touch and talk to?" and he said "Yeah." and I said "Not like you think." Because at this point I am somewhere between wanting my child to have something to believe in but not wanting to tell him something that I felt would be a 1/2 truth. I've never lied to my son. "So what is he like?" and I said "Santa is the Spirit of Christmas. Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas and Santa is the spirit of giving." Then I told him about the 3 wise men who took presents to the baby Jesus. And I said since the 3 wise men couldn't live forever man was given the Spirit of Giving and the name of that Spirit is Santa Claus. We can't touch him, we can't talk to him, we don't really know if he's there - but we can see him in every day things we do not just at Christmas but all year long." If you wanted to you could look up the original St. Nicholas and show him that when that person couldn't live forever he passed the spirit of giving on to other "santas". They are in the mall, at the stores, ringing bells - they are the essence of kindness. At 8 I didn't want to get more technical than that - but he looked at me and "got it". When you talk to your children about God and they want to know if GOD is real? They are really asking - can we touch, see, feel? It's difficult to say "Well of course I believe HE exists but Santa is a fraud. It is more readily understood telling children that he's the spirit of Love - because he is. And that is your little bible lesson for today. lol. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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