Do kids today believe in Santa Claus as much as we did when we were kids?
It's something I've always wondered about. With smartphones and the ease of accessing the internet it's so easy for kids to find out now if they wanted to. Not to mention the assholes on forums who tell kids that he's fake or dead. Plus studies have shown that people who believe in a higher power is greatly decreasing which makes me wonder if kids feel the same way about Santa. What do you think?
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Not to mention the assholes on forums who tell kids that he's fake or dead.
What? Santa isn't real?!?
Not to mention the assholes on forums who tell kids that he's fake or dead.
What? Santa isn't real?!?
No, he was real. But one day he forgot to put the emergency brakes on in his sleigh and it ran him over. Now he's dead
I think I stopped believing in him well before that.
I think most kids figure it out by the age of 7-8 anyway.
I think I stopped believing in him well before that.
Well, I think 7 or 8 is sort of the sweet spot for kids getting overly ambitious with what they're asking for as gifts and then mom and dad pulling back the curtain and bringing the kid to grips with the reality of gift origins... (I think in my case, 8 was the year that I had a list of what I wanted from mom, dad, and santa, all separately )
That said, with my kids, Santa is only ever going to handle the stockings, so there won't be some mythical origin of the larger/better gifts in the first place.
Worked pretty well.
I like that, but then why does Santa bring all the other kids in his or her class big presents and only bring your kid a $20 gift; how do you plan to handle that?
Those kids must listen to their parents and go to bed on time.
I like that, but then why does Santa bring all the other kids in his or her class big presents and only bring your kid a $20 gift; how do you plan to handle that?
Those kids must listen to their parents and go to bed on time.
hahaha
I like that, but then why does Santa bring all the other kids in his or her class big presents and only bring your kid a $20 gift; how do you plan to handle that?
I'll handle it when we get there. (oldest is just now 3)
If that involves an early reveal, then so be it. But we're not going to have Santa as a magic purveyor of gifts that then have no value because the kid believes they were magicked into existence.
I like that, but then why does Santa bring all the other kids in his or her class big presents and only bring your kid a $20 gift; how do you plan to handle that?
Those kids must listen to their parents and go to bed on time.
hahaha
Ha! I love it!
of course we need to get the opinion straight from the source. someone page commander santa
No chance. In my family we kids were fooled until we were like 9 or 10 years old!
Same here, although I think the main reason I believed that long was so I could get more presents. Some from Santa and the rest from my parents.
That was good enough for her! Until next year!
My 6 year old daughter still believes, but she has a lot of questions. This week she asked me why Santa cannot die. I said I wasn't sure, but that I thought he would die one day, and that perhaps in the north since it's colder people don't age as fast.
That was good enough for her! Until next year!
You should read L. Frank Baum's "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus". He's the guy who wrote The Wizard of Oz and was the first to attempt to create a mythos for Santa. It's fairly simple (and largely superseded by Tolkien's "The Father Christmas Letters" years later) but for her age, it's perfect and answers this question.
However, what some people say about Santa being demystified by the internet and modern devices giving kids 'the truth' is very true. The only problem is, they have a whole new set of myths to believe in now, like Slender Man. Put a Christmas cap on him and a caption that says "Hi!".
One thing I should mention is that I photoshopped Santa's sleigh in pictures of our house or taken from our backyard. Nothing can convince a doubting child like a good old picture!
I do think kids nowadays lose faith quicker due to the internet, but I try to keep that doubt in their minds.
Our household are firm Christians but we aren't prudish to deny our kids Santa, Easter Bunny, and Halloween.
Our kids love seeing Santa but know he's just a man in a suit. Ironically they sometimes try to convince us that he *is* real (the older nephews that is)
Guys should watch Terry Prattchetts Hogfather for a entertaining "Christmas" story discworld style.
Thats a great book.