Growing up as a child my siblings and I always believed in Santa Claus. It was a wondrous, joyous time. It was fun looking for signs of Santa everywhere I looked. It was fun trying to rush to sleep even though I wasn’t even close to sleepy just so that I can wake up and have my gifts under the tree because Santa does not visit little girls that are awake.
Obviously there came a time when we realized there was no Santa. Guess what? We survived.
With all this said, I realized that there are many parents that don’t want to thrust that false image onto their child.
My answer to that….You are doing your child a serious disservice. You are taking away the wonderment of the season. We are only children for such a short period of time. We have our whole entire life to understand the cruel, harshness that is the world but why introduce that to children so early.
What is the harm in letting them have that excitement of Santa bringing them toys.
I had a conversation with one “friend” and she said that she didn’t want her children to think some strange man is just going to come in to their house and leave gifts. She wanted them to know that mommy and daddy worked hard for those toys. My thing is, kids will learn soon enough that parents are the ones really purchasing those things. Why take away the magic of the season. I think that is actually a very selfish way to think.
My fondest memories growing up were of wondering what Santa was going to bring me and leaving him Cookies and milk and rushing to sleep just so I could hurry and wake up to find my toys.
And people wonder what is wrong with our kids today. We are not letting them be kids.
There is nothing you could ever say to convince me that taking the belief of Santa away from a child is not a selfish thing to do.
I’m not trying to step on anyone’s toes here but I just feel kids should enjoy everything there is to being a kid while they are kids for the short period of time they are.
If you don't believe how magical this is for a child, my blog buddy Persona Of A Princess writes about the exact same thing!
