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Is Santa silly?

Arran

I'm writing this as someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas in either a religious or cultural sense. From a young age I was told that Santa doesn't exist and is just a silly hoax that parents play on their kids. It never affected me in any bad way and neither was I expecting to find wrapped presents mysteriously appear on the morning of the 25th day of December. If anybody in my family received a Christmas gift then it was usually opened on the same day. A downside to this is that even from the age of 4 or 5 I went round telling kids at school "Father Christmas isn't real, it's all made up, your parents buy Christmas presents from the shops" which often resulted in me getting into trouble whenever they got upset. I once had to report to the head teacher after completely reducing a classmate to tears.

Is the concept of Santa a silly nonsense or is it part of the joys of childhood? Do you tell your own children the truth or would you prefer to go along with the cultural norm? Is pleasing one's classmates more important than knowing the truth? What about children at school who follow different religions so do not celebrate Christmas - where do they fit in?

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  • Aye, me too! Crimbo was definitely brought alive by Santa! I remember how my mum disguised her writing on the present tags from Santa! We had an open fire chimney in the living room at our first house, so the concept of Santa crawling down the chimney was VERY authentic! (Now that I look back on it, I've no idea how I could think how such a fat fella was able to do that job :D Or the fact that Santa thought it best to wear red and white clothes as he slung himself down people's chimneys! Jeez!)

    It must be very atmospheric for your kids, as they've probably had the mad snow to accompany the mystery of it for the past 4 years. I didn't have the snow to accompany my belief in Santa at the time, but it honestly didn't matter that much. I just loved the whole suspense of it!

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  • Aye, me too! Crimbo was definitely brought alive by Santa! I remember how my mum disguised her writing on the present tags from Santa! We had an open fire chimney in the living room at our first house, so the concept of Santa crawling down the chimney was VERY authentic! (Now that I look back on it, I've no idea how I could think how such a fat fella was able to do that job :D Or the fact that Santa thought it best to wear red and white clothes as he slung himself down people's chimneys! Jeez!)

    It must be very atmospheric for your kids, as they've probably had the mad snow to accompany the mystery of it for the past 4 years. I didn't have the snow to accompany my belief in Santa at the time, but it honestly didn't matter that much. I just loved the whole suspense of it!

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