Dec. 5, 2005 - santa~~or not?
today in my mom's bible study group, we discussed the inevitable topic that comes up every christmas. to "do" santa or not. i don't know the answer. when dh and i first had kids, we discussed it and my opinion was that i didn't want to do santa. he wanted to however, and so i agreed, though i did have reservations. here we are four years later and i think he's getting to the point (spiritually) that he regrets introducing santa to the boys. i don't know that it's possible in this culture to avoid santa altogether.....you can't even go to the grocery store without seeing his picture plastered all over the place.
we are doing a pretty good job of keeping the focus on Jesus, not on st.nick. still, t can't wait for santa to come and leave him presents. after discussing it with these other eight women, i've realized that we all do it differently. we all tell our kids something totally different. and ti am basically lying to my boys. i tell them that if they're "good" that a man named santa will come to our house and leave them presents. how utterly silly.
rambling today. just have a lot on my mind.
on a good note: insurance check came in and we get floors next week!!
and we even got a good deal on some furniture. after living the past three weeks w/ no furniture and cement floors, i'm thrilled to have these luxuries in time for Christmas!!! Thank you God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dec. 5, 2005 - Santa vs. St. Nicholas
Posted by hsmomof2
You might want to check out a book called "Santa, Are You For Real?" by Harold Myra.
It's a cute little cartoony storybook that tells how the Santa legend started with the very real St. Nicholas. It might be a good way to ease out of Santa mode. We never explicity told our kids there was a Santa though we sort-of led them to believe in him. When told the real story, they accepted it happily. They love talking about St. Nicholas and his secret giving. They know that St. Nicholas gave because he loved Jesus. When we see Santa decorations - and we have a few ourselves - we remember St. Nicholas and not some mythical character who has some god-like characteristics.
Dec. 5, 2005 - I think the whole Santa thing...
Posted by Happyhome
...is a fun tradition and adds some magic to the season, but I want our focus to be on the birth of our Savior, not on how many gifts the man in the read suit is bringing! I really don't talk to the kids too much about Santa. They know what they've picked up here and there. When the time comes and they outright ask me if Santa is real, I won't lie about it. That's what happened with the tooth fairy. One of the boys asked, "Mom, are you the tooth fairy?" That was the end of that.
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