With Christmas coming up I was thinking about the whole idea of parents telling their kids that Santa exists. I decided that when I have kids I won’t feed them the whole Santa lie. The gifts they get will come from who bought them not some mythical, chimney jumping, fat man. I think that when the inevitable “Why do the other kids say there is a Santa?” conversation comes up the kid will appreciate my honesty, maybe not right at that moment…but eventually. “Why?...Because the other kids parents lied to them which is something I wont do to you. Oh and by the way since you know all these other kids have been duped you should feel glad you aren’t one of them.”
I think the best parents are honest with there kids and take them seriously. I mean how much does it suck to find out your parents were just trying to be festive when they got you to believe that ridiculous crap about some flying reindeer.
The worst holiday deception idea I have ever heard was related to Halloween. I knew this girl who actually suggested, as a means for parents to get a bit of candy, that the parents make up a monster give it a frightening back-story and tell the kid that if they didn’t leave candy out for the monster it would do something horrific to them. Now just how messed up is that.
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Santa doesn't exist?! You liar!
I thought you WERE Santa Claus?
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